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Taking Alcatraz(2015)

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2015-11-01

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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Keywords

san francisco, californiaindigenous1970salcatraz prison
native american
sioux
occupation
activist
1960s
activism
civil disobedience
land rights
indigenous rights

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Top Cast

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Adam Fortunate Eagle
Self
John Trudell
John Trudell
Self (archive footage)
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LaNada Means
Self (archive footage)
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Earl Livermore
Self (archive footage)
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Stella Leach
Self (archive footage)