Incident at Oglala

A FILM BY Michael Apted


Synopsis

In the Native American reservation of Pine Ridge (South Dakota) violence is brewing and an official employed by the government commonly perpetrates extortion. On June 26, 1975 two FBI agents come into the reservation and are killed in a shootout. Leonard Peltier, a Native American who fled to Canada is arrested, extradited and condemned during a trial fraught with perjury and contradictory evidence.

Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 86 mins.
Year: 1992

CREDITS

CAST
John Trudell
Leonard Peltier
Robert Redford
DIRECTED BY
Michael Apted