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Taking Alcatraz

Documentary
0.0·2015·0h 40m

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 tol...

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Cast

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Adam Fortunate Eagle

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John Trudell

John Trudell

Self (archive footage)

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LaNada Means

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Earl Livermore

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Stella Leach

Self (archive footage)

DIRECTOR

John Ferry

OVERVIEW

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.