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Taking Alcatraz
Taking Alcatraz

Taking Alcatraz

NR·2015·40m

Summary

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.

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Director

John Ferry

Writer

Grace De Soto

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Released

Original Language:

English

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Keywords

indigenous
1970s
alcatraz prison
native american
sioux
occupation
activist
1960s
activism
civil disobedience
land rights
indigenous rights
san francisco