The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Drama · Crime
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Film / 1992
Incident at Oglala
Directed by
Michael Apted
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Robert RedfordNarrator (voice)
Leonard PeltierSelf
Norman ZigrossiSelf - Former Assistant FBI Regional Head, South Dakota
Robert SikmaSelf - Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
Darelle ButlerSelf
Bob RobideauSelf
Norman BrownSelf
Duane BrewerSelf - Former GOON Squad Member
Calvin Jumping BullSelf
William MuldrowSelf - U.S. Government Commission on Civil Rights
Dennis BanksSelf - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
James AbourezkSelf - Former U.S. Senator, South Dakota
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Sam Loud HawkSelf
Severt Young BearSelf
John TrudellSelf - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
Kenneth TilsenSelf - Wounded Knee Defense Attorney
Russell MeansSelf - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
William KunstlerSelf - Wounded Knee Defense Attorney
William JanklowSelf - Former Governor, South Dakota
Deborah White PlumeSelf
Bernice White HawkSelf
Jeannette Eagle HawkSelf
Beau Little SkySelf
Madonna Thunder HawkSelf
Wallace LittleSelf
Nilak ButlerSelf
Wilma BlacksmithSelf
Kenny Loud HawkSelf
Morris WoundedSelf
Lou BeanSelf
Billy BeanSelf
Russell Loud HawkSelf
Edward McManusSelf - Butler-Robideau Trial Judge
Bruce EllisonSelf - Defense Attorney
John LoweSelf - Attorney for Bob Robideau and Leonard Peltier
Robert BolinSelf - Jury Foreman, Butler-Robideau Trial
Lynn CrooksSelf - Assistant U.S. Attorney
Evan HultmanSelf - Former U.S. Attorney
Myrtle Poor BearSelf
Warren AllmandSelf - Former Minister for Indian & Northern Affairs, Canada
Gerald HeaneySelf - Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
Robert EcoffeySelf - Investigator, Bureau of Indian Affairs Police
Clarence KellySelf - Director of the F.B.I.
Jean BordeauxSelf
Marquetta PeltierSelf
Dick WilsonSelf - Tribal Council Chairman (archive footage)
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