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.
Leonard Peltier, the former American Indian Movement leader, center, had his prison sentence commuted by President Joe Biden before he left office. (Getty Images) ...
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 ...
She met Leonard Peltier when he was a free man in South Dakota while volunteering with the legal defense committee formed to represent activists involved in the 1973 takeover of Wounded Knee.
President Biden commuted the life sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in a case long disputed by Native American advocates. Why it ...
THE DOCUMENTARY FREE LEONARD PELTIER, IS PREMIERING AT THE UPCOMING SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. MYERS HOPES THAT THIS WILL INTRODUCE HIS STORY TO A BIGGER COMMUNITY. WE HAVEN’T SEEN A LIST OF THE ...
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.
But “Free Leonard Peltier” makes it very clear what a terrible injustice it has been for the serving of justice to have taken so much time. The final moments might make you smile, or maybe ...
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 ...