Saturday, April 11, 2015

Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story

1992
90 minutes
5 Star

Memories are not always 100% correct, and I was curious how much of my memories of this incident were what I remembered, what happened, what the media fed us over dinner. If you're interested in the history of the American Indians, and how they have been treated and mistreated by our government, I recommend this documentary. It is a story of the shooting of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975, and the subsequent conviction of Leonard Peltier, complete with interviews of Peltier and others who were, in one form or another, involved. Perhaps I am biased, but I'd dearly love to see a new trial, with real evidence presented. Watch this and form your own opinion.