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Taking Alcatraz

  • 2015
  • 40m

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.

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Adam Fortunate EagleSelf
  • John TrudellSelf (archive footage)
  • LaNada MeansSelf (archive footage)
  • Earl LivermoreSelf (archive footage)
  • Stella LeachSelf (archive footage)

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