Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier

Movies for Leonard Peltier...

COINTELPRO 101
Title: COINTELPRO 101
Character: Self - Political Prisoner
Released: May 7, 2010
Type: Movie
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.
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Making A Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
Title: Making A Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
Character: Self - Anishanaabe/Dakota (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
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.
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Incident at Oglala
Title: Incident at Oglala
Character: Himself
Released: May 8, 1992
Type: Movie
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.
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Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
Title: Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
Character: Himself
Released: November 1, 1991
Type: Movie
An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder, with commentary from those involved, including Peltier himself. (Taken from IMDB)