‘Free Leonard Peltier’ Filmmakers on How Recently Released Activist Continues His Fight for Indigenous Communities: ‘His Fire Is Undiminished’
You would have been hard-pressed to find a timelier film at this year’s Sundance Film Festival than “Free Leonard Peltier,” directors Jesse Short Bull and David France’s documentary about the Native American activist who spent nearly 50 years in prison for the murder of two federal agents,
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Leonard Peltier remains defiant in AP interview, maintaining innocence and vowing continued activism
Peltier maintains his innocence in the deaths of two FBI agents in 1975. He says he will spend the rest of his life fighting for Native American rights.
Film festival to feature Leonard Peltier documentary and two locally made world premieres
The acclaimed new documentary “Free Leonard Peltier” will open the 44th Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, which runs April 2 through 13. Screenings are $17, or $11 for MSP Film Society members. Six-packs of tickets are $85 and $55, while all-access passes are $800 and $550. For more details and the full lineup, see mspiff.org.