01 November 2015 Factual 40 mins
A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island as told by principal organizer, Adam Fortunate Eagle. The story unfolds through Fortunate Eagle's remembrances, archival newsreel footage and photographs.
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Adam Fortunate Eagle as Self
John Trudell as Self (archive footage)
LaNada Means as Self (archive footage)
Earl Livermore as Self (archive footage)
Stella Leach as Self (archive footage)
United States 01 November 2015
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