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DVD
Lions Gate
Publisher: Lions Gate
Robert Redford
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Actors: Robert Redford, Norman Zigrossi, Robert Sikma, Darelle 'Dino' Butler, Bob Robideau
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 04/20/2004 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Pg
Robert Redford is the executive producer (and narrator) of this fine, eye-opening documentary about the violent events that took place in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Indian activists ended up in an extended standoff with FBI agents, and the result was several deaths, including two federal men whose killing (according to many people) was never clearly attributed to a specific gunman. Nevertheless, the government laid blame for the tragedy on Leonard Peltier, a Sioux political leader who has long been a focus for supporters believing he took the fall, possibly heroically, for others. Peltier has spent many years in prison, and Apted's film, which is hardly ambiguous in its commitment toward Peltier's hoped-for freedom, is persuasive in both its detail and its case against brutal federal policies toward Indians. Whatever one's position on the Peltier question, this is a compelling piece of work. --Tom Keogh
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| Red Race Justice! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Great documentary. It is a "must see" for anyone concerned about our 1st "Americans." I also recommend the book: The Trial of Leonard Peltier. Were this man any color other than "Red," he would have been freed long ago. Don't mistake me for some bleeding heart liberal. I believe the victims in most violent crimes rarely receive the attention they deserve. All to often, Americans see the criminals as sympathetic persons. We must all lament the deaths of the FBI agents who lost their lives looking for a suspect in the theft of a pair of cowboy boots. However, Leonard Peltier was convicted because as one juror said: "Someone had to pay." It's a crying shame when a Native American in the 21st century is still viewed by the justice system as not deserving of the justice afforded to all other Americans of any race! Read the book or watch the DVD and you will agree. PS: What the DVD doesn't include is the FBI"s admission that the gun used to convict Leonard Peltier was NOT the weapon responsible for the agents deaths. This admission came years later. Justice for Native Americans has not improved much in 500 years.
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| Incident at Oglala- The Leonard Peltier Story |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I stil to this day have not recieved a copy of this video, therefore I for warn people to check for product information and who you buy from. Although I did retain a copy on my own I loved this documentary the copy I managed to attain will stay with me forever.
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| America's Continual Shame |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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It was really hard to rate this documentary as the film itself was superb, but the story is so tragic. With last weeks' denial of Mr. Peltier's parole, this film takes on added poignancy.
Thirty three years ago, the Pine Ridge Reservation was the stage for murder, greed and FBI corruption. After several murders of traditionalist Indians went uninvestigated and the FBI did nothing, the elders called in the American Indian Movement; one of its leaders being Leonard Peltier. They were not afraid to protect the elders, women and children and that is what made them so dangerous in the eyes of the FBI.
A synopsis here could in no way accurately portray the betrayal of the FBI to the Indian people, to us as Americans and to Leonard Peltier. So I urge you to watch the documentary. It will be hard to believe that this could happen still in America , that a man could be in prison for 33 years, yet there is not a bit of credible evidence of his guilt. However, there IS and has been for some time lots of evidence of his innocence.
This story will stay with you forever.
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| Incident at Oglala |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Incident at Oglala - The Leonard Peltier Story
View for yourselves, the injustice of a corrupt Government, hear court appointed witnessess speak of the lies that were told, under oath, at the trial of a man who committed no crime, wronged nobody. Even after it was proven that Leonard Peltier was innocent, he still sits in an American prison where he has been for over 30 years. Why? Watch this documentary, see the real life witnessess and listen as Robert Redford tells the compelling true story of an Incident at Oglala. Shame!
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| Incident at Oglala |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Just what I was looking for. The storyline is riveting and heart rending. Robert Redford did a fantastic job as he usually does.
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