"Red Man's View," a Native American Story From a 100 Year Old Film

Los Angeles, CA, April 11, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Biograph Company is currently in development with the remake of its 1909 silent "Red man's View" about the plight of a Native American tribe during the mid 1800's.

Thomas R. Bond II will produce and direct the drama, who is slated to star Michael Spears (Into the West), Eddie Spears (Black Cloud, Comache Moon), Nathan Lee Chasing Horse (Dances with Wolves, Bury my heart at Wounded Knee), Elaine Miles (Northern Exposure, Smoke Signals) and Billy Drago (The Untouchables, Charmed).

The film is set in 1864 during the end of the Civil War in the northwestern territories of California. The story of a tribe that is a branch of the Shoshone. For thousands of years they inhabited a peaceful and beautiful immense valley with huge trees and giant waterfalls. The tribe consists of a the elder Chief, the leader of the Shoshone branch tribe, his son Silver Eagle, and his son's betrothed Minewanna, the most beautiful female of the entire tribe. During the (Native American) "Indian" relocation period, Union squatters and the Union government are taking away all of the tribal lands. This tribe is eventually displaced from their peaceful valley by US Union soldiers, and their native land taken from them. They move on to another area, but again are displaced and forced to move again by the soldiers and squatters. But among the white men, there is a stranger who is not part of the squatters, and this is when the day of reckoning comes.

Bond states: "We are very excited and honored to do a film this true to form and intense about the plight of Native Americans. It is long overdue." The last Drama of this genre that was producced was the classic "Dances with Wolves over 20 yeras ago. Bond added: "We have a great cast with great Native American actors such as Mike and Eddie Spears, Nathan Lee Chasing Horse, and Elaine Miles. Our wonderful anti-hero is played by veteran character actor Billy Drago, who is also part Native American himself. we are truly honored to have this ensemble, and there will be more to come."

The film is scheduled for production in the spring of 2010 in Tuolumne County, California, near Yosemite National Park.

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