An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977, with commentary from those involved, including Peltier himself.
Cast
Leonard Peltier
Self
Peter Matthiessen
Self - Author, "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse"
Norman Zigrossi
Self - Former FBI Agent
William Kunstler
Self - Appeals Attorney
Evan Hultman
Self - Prosecuting Attorney
Leo Peltier
Self - Leonard Peltier's Father
Alvina Peltier
Self - Leonard Peltier's Mother
James Robideau
Self - Leonard Peltier's Cousin
Jack Ryan
Self - Former FBI Agent
James Sensenbrenner
Self - Congressman (R-WI)
Bill Robideau
Self
Darelle Butler
Self - American Indian Movement (as Dino Butler)
Bernie Whitebear
Self - Executive Director, Daybreak Star
Russell Means
Self - American Indian Movement (archive footage)
Bruce Ellison
Self - Defense Attorney
Jeannette Eagle Hawk
Self - Pine Ridge Resident
Bernice White Hawk
Self - Pine Ridge Resident
John Hussman
Self - Pine Ridge Tribal Police
Dick Wilson
Self - Pine Ridge Tribal President
Lessanes Killer
Self - Pine Ridge Resident
Evelyn Deon
Self - Pine Ridge Resident
Ka-Mook Nichols
Self - Pine Ridge Resident
Geraldine Janis
Self - Pine Ridge Resident
Calvin Jumping Bull
Self - Pine Ridge Resident
Margo Thunderbird
Self - American Indian Movement
Dennis Banks
Self - American Indian Movement
Angie Loud Hawk
Self - Pine Ridge Resident
Lynn Crooks
Self - Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Frank Star Come Out
Self - Pine Ridge Resident (archive footage)
Don Edwards
Self - Congressman (D-CA)
Crew
Suzie Baer
Director, Producer
Owen Ranta
Writer, Associate Producer
John Mullen
Writer, Editor
Amanda Vogel
Assistant Editor, Sound Editor, Sound Recordist
Evan Estern
Director of Photography
James Schamus
Executive Producer
Ingrid Washinawatok
Associate Producer
Robert Kitson
Associate Producer, Sound Recordist
Ramin Niami
Co-Producer
Kathleen Nichols
Assistant Camera
Carlos Montaner
Assistant Camera
William Perkins
Assistant Camera
Pamela Yates
Sound Recordist
Ronald Gray
Sound Recordist
Todd Korgan
Sound Recordist
Lanny Meyers
Original Music Composer
Marc Greenfield
Additional Photography
Alan Deutsch
Additional Photography
Mark Skilton
Additional Photography
W. Wilder Knight II
Legal Services
Bob Robideau
Thanks
Ed Asner
Thanks
Jack Lemmon
Thanks
Daryl Hannah
Thanks
Peter Matthiessen
Thanks
Gregory Hines
Thanks
Barbara Kramer
Thanks
Margo Thunderbird
Thanks
Peter Coyote
Thanks
Robert McCullough
Thanks
John Kemmerer
Thanks
John Trudell
Thanks
Marquetta Peltier
Thanks
Kurt Vonnegut
Thanks