The Silver Alexander in the International Competition went to “Free Leonard Peltier,” directed by Jesse Short Bull ... The jury said the film “is a beautifully shot cinèma vèritè portrait that tells a ...
A 49-year survivor of incarceration within the United States prison system, Leonard Peltier , 80, is the most iconic Native ...
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 ... rights and tribal self-determination ...
Peltier said there were moments in the last few years where he began to lose hope that he would ever see freedom. His denial of parole in July was another crushing blow. “They gave me the ...
“Free Leonard Peltier,” which plays this week in the international competition at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, is a decades-spanning portrait of an activist who, as a leading member ...
You would have been hard-pressed to find a timelier film at this year’s Sundance Film Festival than “Free Leonard Peltier,” directors Jesse Short Bull and David France’s documentary about ...
The acclaimed new documentary “Free Leonard Peltier” will open the 44th Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, which runs April 2 through 13. Screenings are $17, or $11 for MSP Film ...