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‘Free Leonard Peltier’ Follows A 50-Year Trail To Justice For Native American Icon – Thessaloniki Int’l Documentary Festival
'Free Leonard Peltier' directors David France and Jesse Short Bull on Native American icon's 50 year trail to freedom.
PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 27: (L-R) David France, Jesse Short Bull, Amber Morning Star Byars, Jhane Myers and Jodi Archambau attend the ‘Free Leonard Peltier’ premiere at Sundance Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Images The story of AIM, Peltier and the conflicts at Pine Ridge have been the subject of several documentaries over the past few decades, including Michael Apted’s Incident at Oglala(1993) and Stanley Nelson and Julianna Brannum’’s Wounded Knee(2009). Nonetheless, they are fielding invitations from festivals, are in talks with prospective distributors, and as part of their impact campaign, they will take Free Leonard Peltier on a reservation tour, with significant support from the California-based San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, the film’s presenting partner.
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