The Indians are a brave, simple and hospitable people. They use bison fur as clothing and tents, and bison bones as food. The bison is not only the prey that the Indians depend on for survival, but also the incarnation of the gods they respect.
If the Opium War opened the door to China, the Americans marching westward was the beginning of the Indians’ nightmare. The Industrial Revolution brought Western civilization into the machine age. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, white people took their guns and embarked on a journey to the west to pan for gold and dream in this vast new land. As more and more whites poured into the west to take root, the Indians who had lived here for generations gradually lost their land, were chased and slaughtered. They were forced to move around for a century, and they were not accepted as legal citizens by the United States until 1924.
"Story of the West" presents us a history of pioneering American ancestors who pioneered the west and achieved glory and dreams. Corresponding to it is the blood and tears of Indians losing their homes under the guns of white people and nearly genocide.
A good historical drama should not only respect historical facts as objectively as possible, but also avoid falling into documentary monotony. There are 6 parts of "Western Storm", which is 9 hours long and spans nearly a century. The play focuses on the interweaving of the fate of the three generations of the Indian tribe, Lakota and the white wheeler Wheeler family, and unfolds a magnificent, blood-stained western picture.
The Roaring Bear (Indian name), a saint of the Lakota tribe, saw the illusion of the tribe being slaughtered and passed a wheel-shaped pendant to the love of the bison before his death. Over the decades, this pendant has changed hands several times, witnessing Thunderheart and Jacob. The rough fate of the Wheeler family finally returned to the love of the bison, which runs through the whole play. The love of the bison, who has become a saint, faces the descendants of the surviving tribes and tells the history of the tribe calmly and calmly: "I saw the illusion of the roaring bear that day. I felt extremely sad, but our tribe is still alive. As long as we live. , There is hope." The whole film ends here.
The historical drama is heavy, but with the Indian girl Thunder Heart and the white youth Jacob. Wheeler's love, the affection between his tribe and his family, this drama is warm again. The reunion and separation of the Thunder Heart and Jacob, each time affects your heart; Margaret. The sunshine watching your husband die in front of you under the gun of a white man will make you sad and angry; when the messenger prayed to the great god while losing his hair on the school playground, everyone cried behind the window, and you too There will be no exceptions.
The show’s respect for history and reflection on crimes show a responsible responsibility. This rigorous attitude is awesome. Just as German Chancellor Brandt kneeled in front of the monument to the Jewish victims and prayed: "God forgive us, and may the suffering souls be at peace." In stark contrast, the island prime ministers insisted on paying homage to the Yasukuni Shrine where war criminals were released. .
History is not to let us remember hatred, but to dare to bear it.
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