Incident at Oglala - The Leonard Peltier Story
by Michael Apted
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Actor: Bob Robideau, Darelle 'Dino' Butler, Norman Zigrossi, Robert Redford, Robert SikmaDirector: Michael Apted
Brand: Lions Gate
Producer: Robert Redford
Cinematographer: Maryse Alberti
Editor: Susanne Rostock
Producer: Arthur Chobanian
Producer: Chip Selby
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: DVD, NTSC, Surround Sound
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-04-20
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Lions Gate
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Movie Review: Something to Learn About Today
Summary: 5 Stars
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a short presentation in one of my English classes at Guilford College. The focus of my presentation was "Prison Writings, My Life is a Sun Dance, by Leonard Peltier. I am sad to report that not one student in the room knew who Leonard Peltier is. This is a class that is for continuing education adult students, ages 24 and up. I think it is important for all of the citizens of the United States of American to know who Leonard Peltier is, especially in the New World, post 9/11. I think it is important for us to ask ourselves this; is it possible that our government is capable of what the Indians have been saying that they are capable of for a very long time? If you think that these are important issues, I urge you to watch this documentary, and to read books by Leonard Peltier, and others who were part of the movement. Look at the history of AIM, and the people who were there and lived their lives in the midst of what was going on in the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975. All you have to do is Google Leonard Petier and you will see that there is an enormous amount of information out there; including the FBI web page that states their case in the deaths of FBI agents Coler and Williams. I strongly urge you to review the evidence from both sides. It may seem like an over whelming task, and it is. Leonard Peltier has been in prison for 30 years now and I'm not sure that we really know exactly what happened that day on June 26, 1975 at the Jumping Bull camp. More recently, one of the murders of Anna Mae Aquash Pictou has been sent to prison and another has the US pursuing extradition from Canada. There have been aqusations among AIM members, and sad days for the Indian communities. But to me, the bottom line is this; there was a lot going on in Indian Country, particularly on the Pine Ridge Reservation, in the 1970's. There is no doubt in my mind that there was deep government corruption involved, and it continues today, just as Jack Abramoff has just demonstrated. We need to take a much closer look at the FBI's involvement of the Jumping Bull incident, the GOON squads that held the Pine Ridge residents in a state of fear, and the tactics used by the FBI to obtain Leonard Peltier's extradition from Canada. The evidence, or sometimes the lack there of, speaks volumes. It's worth looking into in these days of Homeland Security. I believe that Russell Means said it best went talking about US Indian Policy. To summarize it, he said that the US government has taken what they learned through following Indian Policy and are now applying it to the American people. Look at these things, and think long and hard about them. Perception changes as so many years pass and things change. It is what we have learned from the past that teaches us how to protect that which we love today.
Summary of Incident at Oglala - The Leonard Peltier Story
INCIDENT AT OGLALA:LEONARD PELTIER - DVD MovieRobert Redford is the executive producer (and narrator) of this fine, eye-opening documentary about the violent events that took place in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Indian activists ended up in an extended standoff with FBI agents, and the result was several deaths, including two federal men whose killing (according to many people) was never clearly attributed to a specific gunman. Nevertheless, the government laid blame for the tragedy on Leonard Peltier, a Sioux political leader who has long been a focus for supporters believing he took the fall, possibly heroically, for others. Peltier has spent many years in prison, and Apted's film, which is hardly ambiguous in its commitment toward Peltier's hoped-for freedom, is persuasive in both its detail and its case against brutal federal policies toward Indians. Whatever one's position on the Peltier question, this is a compelling piece of work. --Tom Keogh
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