Taking Alcatraz

  • Movie
  • 2015
  • 40m
  • Documentary

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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Director
John Ferry
Starring
Adam Fortunate Eagle, John Trudell, LaNada Means, Earl Livermore

Cast

  • Adam Fortunate Eagle

    Self

  • John Trudell

    John Trudell

    Self (archive footage)

  • LaNada Means

    Self (archive footage)

  • Earl Livermore

    Self (archive footage)

  • Stella Leach

    Self (archive footage)

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