The Way West - Episode 4 (1995)

Synopsis: The 4-part documentary THE WAY WEST from renowned filmmaker Ric Burns takes a photographic journey across an expanding America. Famous actors read the letters, diaries, and memoirs of the... The 4-part documentary THE WAY WEST from renowned filmmaker Ric Burns takes a photographic journey across an expanding America. Famous actors read the letters, diaries, and memoirs of the pioneering men and women who settled the Old West in the national expansion between 1845 and 1893. This volume includes the fourth and final episode, "Ghost Dance: 1877-1893," which documents the bloody vengeance on Native American tribes in the aftermath of the Battle of Little Big Horn, from the deaths of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull to the massacre at Wounded Knee. [More]

Director: Ric Burns

Director: Ric Burns
Producer: Lisa Ades, Ric Burns