Free Leonard Peltier' directors David France and Jesse Short Bull on Native American icon's 50 year trail to freedom.

After nearly 50 years of arbitrary detention, Native American activist Leonard Peltier was finally able to return home on ...

Directors David France and Jesse Short Bull describe the Indigenous activist's ongoing fight for Native American rights after ...

More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant. He maintains his innocence in the deaths of two FBI agents ...

BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) — More than 50 years after a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation landed him in federal prison, Leonard Peltier remains defiant. Despite being convicted and ...

With Free Leonard Peltier, filmmakers Jesse Short Bull (Lakota ... this protocol meant rethinking the art of interviewing, as informed by his longtime journalistic practice.

“And they said ‘Put the full weight of the American government on Leonard Peltier, we need a conviction.’ And when they say that you don’t have no rights,” he said. Amnesty International ...

Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview in Belcourt, N.D, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave) Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview in Belcourt, N.D, on Tuesday ...

While “Free Leonard Peltier” uses interviews, archival footage and A.I.-generated reenactments to recreate the events that transpired that day at Wounded Knee, the film also situates Peltier ...

The Forum was on-site to document Leonard Peltier's return to North Dakota, from the moment his plane touched down in Devils Lake to his arrival at Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. Members of ...