Leonard Peltier
Biography: Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who, following a controversial trial, was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of two FBI agents in a shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment and has been imprisoned since 1977.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 12, 1944
Deathday: N/A
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COINTELPRO 101
2010-05-07
COINTELPRO 101
Overview: COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. “COINTELPRO” refers to the official FBI COunter INTELigence PROgram carried out to surveil, imprison, and eliminate leaders of social justice movements and to disrupt, divide, and destroy the movements as well. Many of the government's crimes are still unknown. Through interviews with activists who experienced these abuses first-hand, with rare historical footage, the film provides an educational introduction to a period of intense repression and draws relevant lessons for the present and future.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-07
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Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999-01-01
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
Overview: This doc explores "The Band" guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson's Native American background. Half Mohawk on his mother's side, the film follows him back to the Six Nations reservation in Ontario where he spent summers growing up and picked up his first guitar. The resulting album, "Contact From the Underworld of Red Boy", draws on his childhood First Nation influences and includes musical collaborations wth Native artists such as John Trudell, Rita Coolidge and Buffy Ste Marie.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Incident at Oglala
1992-05-08
Incident at Oglala
Overview: On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-08
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Who Bombed Judi Bari?
2012-03-02
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
Overview: Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney were falsely arrested for car-bombing themselves on May 24, 1990 while on an Earth First! musical organizing tour for Redwood Summer. They sued the FBI for violations of the First Amendment, claiming the FBI knew they were innocent but arrested them to try to silence them. Having survived the bomb but now stricken by cancer, Judi Bari, a leader of the movement to save California's old growth redwoods, gives her on-camera, deathbed testimony about the attempt on her life and her colorful organizing history with the radical environmental movement Earth First.
Genres: Documentary Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-02
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Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
1991-11-01
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
Overview: An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977, with commentary from those involved, including Peltier himself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-01
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Lakota Nation vs. United States
2022-06-11
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Overview: Poet Layli Long Soldier crafts a searing portrait of her Oyate’s connection to the Black Hills, through first contact and broken treaties to the promise of the Land Back movement, in this lyrical testament to resilience of a nation.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-11
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