Incident at Oglala (1992)

7.1/10 89 min Documentary Crime

Overview

On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.

Cast

Robert Redford

Narrator (voice)

Leonard Peltier

Self

Dennis Banks

Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement

John Trudell

Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement

Russell Means

Self - Co-Founder American Indian Movement

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