Jesse Short Bull and David France's documentary tells Peltier's story all the way through President Joe Biden's commutation.
Directors Jesse Short Bull and David France have diligently assembled a potent history lesson about Leonard Peltier, whom ...
The warning comes after the joyous twist of clemency for the Indigenous activist, as shown in a Sundance film premiering Monday.
There haven’t been nearly as many movies during Sundance where I’ve felt that. One of them is here in this dispatch, along ...
During the occupation, tribal leaders hired vigilantes to "rid the reservation of (AIM) activity and sentiment" and were aided by the FBI, according to the Free Leonard website. Peltier was asked ...
President Biden commuted the life sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of ...
In addition to exploring the activism surrounding the Free Leonard Peltier movement, the documentary also promises, using interviews and archival footage (including older interviews with Peltier h ...
Sumterville, FL – Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence. The president’s decision is the result of decades of grassroots ...
While not a pardon, this pivotal move came just a week before the premiere of Free Leonard Peltier, a documentary about the American Indian Movement (AIM) activist, which was scheduled to debut on ...
Late in Jesse Short Bull and David France’s new documentary Free Leonard Peltier, Native activist Nick Tilsen sings the praises of Leonard Peltier’s sense of humor but expresses a note of concern.
Late in Jesse Short Bull and David France’s new documentary Free Leonard Peltier, Native activist Nick Tilsen sings the praises of Leonard Peltier’s sense of humor but expresses a note of concern.