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Status
Released
Release
1992
Runtime
1h 29m
Available options inUS
"What are the facts - And what is the truth?"
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.
46 Cast Members
Robert Redford
Narrator (voice)
Leonard Peltier
Self
Norman Zigrossi
Self - Former Assistant FBI Regional Head, South Dakota
Robert Sikma
Self - Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
Darelle Butler
Self
Bob Robideau
Self
Norman Brown
Self
Duane Brewer
Self - Former GOON Squad Member
Calvin Jumping Bull
Self
William Muldrow
Self - U.S. Government Commission on Civil Rights
Dennis Banks
Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
James Abourezk
Self - Former U.S. Senator, South Dakota
Sam Loud Hawk
Self
Severt Young Bear
Self
John Trudell
Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
Kenneth Tilsen
Self - Wounded Knee Defense Attorney
Russell Means
Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
William Kunstler
Self - Wounded Knee Defense Attorney
William Janklow
Self - Former Governor, South Dakota
Deborah White Plume
Self
