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Leonard Peltier
Acting
Biography
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who, following a controversial trial, was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of two FBI agents in a shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment and was imprisoned since 1977. On January 19, 2025, the last full day of his presidency, Joe Biden commuted Peltier's life sentence to indefinite home confinement beginning on February 18, 2025. Peltier was released on that date.
BODY OF WORK
Leonard Peltier's Filmography
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The Making of America
as Self (Artist/Activist)
Free Leonard Peltier
Lakota Nation vs. United States
as Self (archive footage)
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
as Self (archive footage)
COINTELPRO 101
as Self - Political Prisoner
No More Smoke Signals
as Self
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
as Self - Anishanaabe/Dakota (archive footage)
All Power to the People!
as Self
Incident at Oglala
as Self
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
as Self