"An intimate exploration of the circumstances surrounding the incarceration of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of murder in 1977, with commentary from those involved, including Peltier himself."
Leonard Peltier
as Self
Peter Matthiessen
as Self - Author, "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse"
Norman Zigrossi
as Self - Former FBI Agent
William Kunstler
as Self - Appeals Attorney
Evan Hultman
as Self - Prosecuting Attorney
Leo Peltier
as Self - Leonard Peltier's Father
Alvina Peltier
as Self - Leonard Peltier's Mother
James Robideau
as Self - Leonard Peltier's Cousin
Jack Ryan
James Sensenbrenner
as Self - Congressman (R-WI)
Bill Robideau
Darelle Butler
as Self - American Indian Movement (as Dino Butler)
Bernie Whitebear
as Self - Executive Director, Daybreak Star
Russell Means
as Self - American Indian Movement (archive footage)
Bruce Ellison
as Self - Defense Attorney
Jeannette Eagle Hawk
as Self - Pine Ridge Resident
Bernice White Hawk
John Hussman
as Self - Pine Ridge Tribal Police
Dick Wilson
as Self - Pine Ridge Tribal President
Lessanes Killer
Evelyn Deon
Ka-Mook Nichols
Geraldine Janis
Calvin Jumping Bull
Margo Thunderbird
as Self - American Indian Movement
Dennis Banks
Angie Loud Hawk
Lynn Crooks
as Self - Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Frank Star Come Out
as Self - Pine Ridge Resident (archive footage)
Don Edwards
as Self - Congressman (D-CA)
Suzie Baer
Director
Producer
Ramin Niami
Co-Producer
James Schamus
Executive Producer
Ingrid Washinawatok
Associate Producer
Owen Ranta
Writer
John Mullen
Evan Estern
Director of Photography
Mark Skilton
Additional Photography
Marc Greenfield
Alan Deutsch
Editor
Amanda Vogel
Sound Editor
Robert Kitson
Sound Recordist
Todd Korgan
Pamela Yates
Ronald Gray
Lanny Meyers
Original Music Composer
William Perkins
Assistant Camera
Carlos Montaner
Assistant Editor
W. Wilder Knight II
Legal Services
Ed Asner
Thanks
Peter Coyote
Bob Robideau
Daryl Hannah
Robert McCullough
Marquetta Peltier
John Trudell
Kurt Vonnegut
Jack Lemmon
Barbara Kramer
John Kemmerer
Gregory Hines
Kathleen Nichols