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A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die

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A Good Day to Die

NR·2010·91m

Summary

Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of the Movement.

Cast

Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks

Himself - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa

Brenda Child

Herself - Professor, American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota; Ojibwa

Bob Hicks

Himself - Filmmaker; Creek - Seminole

Sydney Byrd

Himself - Dakota

George Mitchell

Himself - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa

Frances Fairbanks

Herself - Director, American Indian Center, Minneapolis; Ojibwa

Jay WhiteCrow

Himself - AIM Member; Seneca

Lyle Rustad

Himself - Co-Founder, Diversity Foundation

Clyde Bellecourt

Himself - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa

Lehman Brightman

Himself - Founder, United Native Americans; Lakota - Creek

Wilmer Mesteth

Himself - Traditional Leader and Educator; Lakota

Charlie Hill

Himself - Comedian; Oneida

Wes Studi

Wes Studi

Himself - Actor; Cherokee

Ken Tilsen

Himself - Defense Attorney, Wounded Knee Trial

Cy Griffin

Himself - Videographer

LaDonna Harris

Herself - Former wife of US Senator Fred Harris; Comanche

Della Warrior

Herself - C.O.O., Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation; Otoe - Missouria

Eda Gordon

Herself - Defense Investigator, Wounded Knee Trial

Joann WhiteCrow

Herself - AIM Member; Cherokee

Marshall McKay

Himself - Tribal Chairman, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation

George Tennyson

Himself - US Marshal, South Dakota

Cora Jones

Herself - Former employee, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Dakota

Marshall Young

Himself - Judge, Custer Trial, Custer, SD

Tashina Banks

Herself - Dennis Banks' daughter; Lakota - Ojibwa

Dorothy Sun Bear

Herself - Wounded Knee Museum; Lakota

Roselyn Jumping Bull

Herself - Great granddaughter of Sitting Bull; Lakota

Rick Thomas

Himself - Vietnam Veteran; Dakota

Larry Anderson

Himself - Vietnam Veteran, Tribal Councilman; Navajo

Leonard Wabasha

Himself - 7th Generation Hereditary Chief; Dakota

Leonard Foster

Himself - AIM Member; Navajo

De Glassgow

Himself - Sheriff, Custer County, SD

Jerry Brown

Himself - Attorney General, California / Former California Governor

Crew

Director

David Mueller

Director, Writer

Lynn Salt

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Original Language:

English

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Keywords

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