A Good Day to Die
History | Documentary
6.5
Release Date
November 12, 2010
Duration
91 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
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.
Casts
Self - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa
Dennis Banks
Herself - Professor, American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota; Ojibwa
Brenda Child
Himself - Filmmaker; Creek - Seminole
Bob Hicks
Himself - Dakota
Sydney Byrd
Himself - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa
George Mitchell
Herself - Director, American Indian Center, Minneapolis; Ojibwa
Frances Fairbanks
Himself - AIM Member; Seneca
Jay WhiteCrow
Himself - Co-Founder, Diversity Foundation
Lyle Rustad
Himself - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa
Clyde Bellecourt
Himself - Founder, United Native Americans; Lakota - Creek
Lehman Brightman
Himself - Traditional Leader and Educator; Lakota
Wilmer Mesteth
Himself - Comedian; Oneida
Charlie Hill
Himself - Actor; Cherokee
Wes Studi
Himself - Defense Attorney, Wounded Knee Trial
Ken Tilsen
Himself - Videographer
Cy Griffin
Herself - Former wife of US Senator Fred Harris; Comanche
LaDonna Harris
Herself - C.O.O., Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation; Otoe - Missouria
Della Warrior
Herself - Defense Investigator, Wounded Knee Trial
Eda Gordon
Herself - AIM Member; Cherokee
Joann WhiteCrow
Himself - Tribal Chairman, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
Marshall McKay
Himself - US Marshal, South Dakota
George Tennyson
Herself - Former employee, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Dakota
Cora Jones
Himself - Judge, Custer Trial, Custer, SD
Marshall Young
Herself - Dennis Banks' daughter; Lakota - Ojibwa
Tashina Banks
Herself - Wounded Knee Museum; Lakota
Dorothy Sun Bear
Herself - Great granddaughter of Sitting Bull; Lakota
Roselyn Jumping Bull
Himself - Vietnam Veteran; Dakota
Rick Thomas
Himself - Vietnam Veteran, Tribal Councilman; Navajo
Larry Anderson
Himself - 7th Generation Hereditary Chief; Dakota
Leonard Wabasha
Himself - AIM Member; Navajo
Leonard Foster
Himself - Sheriff, Custer County, SD
De Glassgow
Self - Attorney General, California / Former California Governor
Jerry Brown
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