Fortier, Troy Johnson, Millie Ketcheshawno, Jon Plutte, and Mike Yearling. Also included in the documentary is an abundance of historical photos by Michelle Vignes and Ilka Hartmann and archival 16 mm footage - much of which has never been seen by the public. Documentary on a small group of Native American students and Urban Indians who occupied Alcatraz Island in November 1969, and how it forever changed the way Native Americans viewed themselves, their culture and their sovereign rights. Troy Johnson and Native American author/historian Robert Warrior provide much of the historical commentary in the film. Associate Producer and Historical Consultant Dr. LaNada Boyer and Adam Fortunate Eagle, along with several other prominent participants, including Wilma Mankiller, Grace Thorpe, Leonard Garment and Brad Patterson. From now through January 2016 on Alcatraz, Prisoners of Age is an epic photo documentary of aging inmates across North America spanning nearly 20 years. Thirty years after the take over of Alcatraz, Alcatraz Is Not an Island provides the first in-depth look at the history, politics, personalities and cultural reawakening behind this historic event, which sparked a new era of Native American political empowerment, and a cultural renaissance.Īmong the many people interviewed for the production of Alcatraz Is Not an Island are occupation leaders John Trudell, Dr. Out of Alcatraz came the “Red Power” movement of the 1970s, which has been called the lost chapter of the Civil Rights era. This documentary examines the personal sacrifices, tragedies, social battles and political injustices many Native Americans experienced under the United States Government’s policies of assimilation, termination and relocation - all eventually leading to Alcatraz. The story of the occupation of Alcatraz is as complex and rich as the history of Native Americans. For almost 30 years Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was the countries toughest prison and a living hell for the high risk and high profile trouble makers men. Government Indian policy and programs, and how it forever changed the way Native Americans viewed themselves, their culture and their sovereign rights. Alcatraz Is Not an Island is the story of how this historic event altered U.S. They were eventually joined by thousands of Native Americans, retaking “Indian land” for the first time since the 1880s. After generations of oppression, assimilation, and near genocide, a small group of Native American students and “Urban Indians” began the occupation of Alcatraz Island in November 1969. For thousands of Native Americas, the infamous Alcatraz is not an island.
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