Russell Means

Russell Means

Born: November 10, 1939
Died: October 22, 2012
in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, USA
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Russell Charles Means (born November 10, 1939) was an Oglala Sioux activist for the rights of Native American people. He was a prominent member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) having joined the organization in 1968. Means also pursued careers in politics, acting, and music.

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Larry Flynt for President
Title: Larry Flynt for President
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 12, 2021
Type: Movie
Assembled from never before seen footage shot in 1983, this film documents controversial Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt's unlikely bid for the White House after a gunman's bullet left him partially paralyzed.
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Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Title: Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Character: Self (archive Footage)
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: Movie
Revisiting the achievements of Sacheen Littlefeather, the first woman of color to utilize the Academy Awards to make a political statement.
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Days and Nights
Title: Days and Nights
Character: Big Jim
Released: September 26, 2014
Type: Movie
Reckless desire wreaks havoc over Memorial Day weekend as a family confronts the volatile and fragile nature of love. A modern retelling of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull", set in rural New England.
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Title: Banshee
Character: Benjamin Longshadow
Released: January 11, 2013
Type: TV
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.
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Tiger Eyes
Title: Tiger Eyes
Character: Willie Ortiz
Released: April 4, 2012
Type: Movie
After Davey's father is killed in a hold-up, she and her mother and younger brother visit relatives in New Mexico. Here Davey is befriended by a young man who helps her find the strength to carry on and conquer her fears.
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Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
Title: Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White
Released: September 15, 2011
Type: Movie
Holy Man is the story of Douglas White, an 88 year old Lakota Sioux medicine man from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, who spent 17 years in federal prison for a crime he did not commit. During the making of this film, filmmakers uncovered new evidence of White's innocence and brought the case back to Federal Court. Holy Man offers a rare glimpse into the mysterious world of Lakota religion, their intimate connection to the land, and a provocative expose of the systemic injustice that Native Americans face in the criminal justice system.
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The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
Title: The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
Character: Self
Released: July 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Immortal Technique emerged from prison a changed man. As his inner journey continues he travels the world promoting a revolution of consciousness through hip-hop. His path from a troubled youth to a fearless revolutionary is an inspirational must-see.
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Reel Injun
Title: Reel Injun
Character: Himself
Released: February 19, 2010
Type: Movie
The evolution of the depiction of Native Americans in film, from the silent era until today, featuring clips from hundreds of movies and candid interviews with famous directors, writers and actors, Native and non-Native: how their image on the screen transforms the way to understand their history and culture.
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Rez Bomb
Title: Rez Bomb
Character: Dodds
Released: September 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Set on and around the poorest place in the USA, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Rez Bomb is a love story/thriller about a Lakota girl and a white guy who are very much in love but get themselves into trouble with a brutal money lender and its against the clock for them to bail themselves out.
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Unearthed
Title: Unearthed
Character: Grandpa
Released: June 27, 2008
Type: Movie
In the desert area of Hat Creek, cows are found partially devoured and the farmers believe that a wolf is attacking the cattle. The alcoholic Sheriff Annie Flynn is called by the local farmer Rob Horn to witness the remains of an animal to request reimbursement from the government and for an accident with a tank truck that is blocking the road.
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Pathfinder
Title: Pathfinder
Character: Pathfinder
Released: January 11, 2007
Type: Movie
A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savior in a fight against the Norsemen.
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Title: Into the West
Character: Older Running Fox
Released: June 10, 2005
Type: TV
The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.
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The Last Shot
Title: The Last Shot
Character: Russell Means
Released: September 24, 2004
Type: Movie
A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent working on a mob sting operation.
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Black Cloud
Title: Black Cloud
Character: Bud
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Black Cloud, is an inspirational story about a young Navajo, Native American boxer, who overcomes personal challenges as he comes to terms with his heritage, while fighting his way for a spot on the US Olympic boxing team.
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Cowboy Up
Title: Cowboy Up
Character: Joe
Released: September 3, 2002
Type: Movie
"Cowboy Up" is a celebration of the risk-taking, daredevil personalities of modern rodeo. In the world of professional bull riding, newcomer Ely Braxton (Marcus Thomas) is the craziest guy around; his brother Hank (Kiefer Sutherland) is a rodeo clown, and the two use each other to play up their acts. But love may be one thing that tears the brothers apart. When Ely falls for the rodeo's sweetheart (Daryl Hannah), Hank is filled with jealousy and hatred. The brothers try to come to grips with their differences, but the competition gets as fierce as the bulls in the ring.
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29 Palms
Title: 29 Palms
Character: The Chief
Released: July 29, 2002
Type: Movie
When a bag filled with money goes missing from a casino, the Hitman (Chris O'Donnell) must retrieve it. While he tracks the stash down, the bag changes hands numerous times, finding its way to the Drifter (Jeremy Davies) and the Waitress (Rachael Leigh Cook), among others. As the bag's journey continues, more characters, including the Cop (Michael Rapaport) and the Sheriff (Keith David), get drawn into the winding crime tale, and the search becomes increasingly desperate.
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Title: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Character: Wandering Bear
Released: October 15, 2000
Type: TV
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
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Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Title: Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Character: Billy Twofeathers
Released: July 14, 2000
Type: Movie
Mr. Conductor's supply of magic gold dust, which allows him to travel between Shining Time and Thomas's island, is critically low. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to get more. Meanwhile, Thomas is fending off attacks by the nasty diesel engines. Getting more gold dust will require help from Mr. C's slacker cousin, his new friend Lily and her morose grandfather, plus the secret engine.
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Wind River
Title: Wind River
Character: Wódz Washakie
Released: June 7, 2000
Type: Movie
The 1854 Wyoming historical drama is based on Tom Shell's adaptation of the true life memoirs of Pony Express rider Nick Wilson.
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Title: Family Law
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
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Black Cat Run
Title: Black Cat Run
Character: Ten Reed
Released: September 18, 1998
Type: Movie
A girl is in love with a gas station attendant and sees him against her father's wishes. The father is the sheriff and shortly after a confrontation with the boy friend, he is killed by escaped convicts and the daughter is kidnapped. Everyone, including the deputy, is convinced that the boy friend committed the murder and ran away with the girl. This sets up a chase of the convicts by the boy friend and of the boy friend by the police.
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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Title: Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
Character: Powhatan (voice)
Released: August 4, 1998
Type: Movie
When news of John Smith's death reaches America, Pocahontas is devastated. She sets off to London with John Rolfe, to meet with the King of England on a diplomatic mission: to create peace and respect between the two great lands. However, Governor Ratcliffe is still around; he wants to return to Jamestown and take over. He will stop at nothing to discredit the young princess.
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Perfect Moment
Title: Perfect Moment
Character: Himself
Released: March 21, 1997
Type: Movie
In this documentary, artist-filmmaker Nicholas Hondrogen asks people to describe memorable moments of their lives. Some, such as Norman Lear and Indian activist Russell Means, talk about religion, while composer Philip Glass and film-producer Irwin Winkler discuss the births of their children. Pastor Jess Moody recalls WW II deaths of his friends, and artist Janice Blake remembers being raped.
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Song of Hiawatha
Title: Song of Hiawatha
Character: Mudjekeewis
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
This adaptation of an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells the tale of Hiawatha (Litefoot), a brave Native American Indian, and his love for the beautiful Minehaha (Irene Bedard)
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The Pathfinder
Title: The Pathfinder
Character: Arrowhead
Released: June 2, 1996
Type: Movie
In this sequel to The Last of the Mohicans, the Pathfinder (Kevin Dillon) defends a British fort under siege during the French and Indian Wars. His Indian father, Chingachgook (Graham Greene), and the lovely Mabel Dunham (Laurie Holden) are swept up in the battle, and the Pathfinder finds himself forced to choose between his father and the woman he loves. The film is based on last of James Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales."
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Pocahontas
Title: Pocahontas
Character: Powhatan (voice)
Released: June 14, 1995
Type: Movie
Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
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Buffalo Girls
Title: Buffalo Girls
Character: Sitting Bull
Released: April 30, 1995
Type: Movie
The bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts. It's the waning days of the Wild West and Jane, the rough 'n' rugged cowgirl, is searching not only for her long-lost daughter, but the Wild West she once knew. Jane traverses plains, mountains and continents until she finally discovers the answer to her problems: Dora, the vivacious, gold-hearted madam who's been her one true friend all along.
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Natural Born Killers
Title: Natural Born Killers
Character: Old Indian
Released: August 26, 1994
Type: Movie
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
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Wagons East!
Title: Wagons East!
Character: Chief
Released: August 16, 1994
Type: Movie
After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west. They hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of James Harlow to take them on a journey back to their hometowns in the East.
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WindRunner
Title: WindRunner
Character: Wa Tho Huck (Country Ghost)
Released: June 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A young man in high school moves in with his Mother to a town in the U.S. Southwest where his father is serving time in prison.
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Title: Duckman
Released: March 5, 1994
Type: TV
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man is an American animated sitcom that aired from 1994–1997, created by Everett Peck and developed by Peck. The sitcom is based on characters created by Peck in his Dark Horse comic. Klasky Csupo animated the series and produced it along with Reno & Osborn Productions for Paramount Network Television.
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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Luther Iron Shirt
Released: April 21, 1993
Type: TV
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
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The Last of the Mohicans
Title: The Last of the Mohicans
Character: Chingachgook
Released: August 26, 1992
Type: Movie
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.
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Incident at Oglala
Title: Incident at Oglala
Character: Himself - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
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.