Leonard Peltier
Biography
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who, following a controversial trial, was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of two FBI agents in a shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment and was imprisoned since 1977. On January 19, 2025, the last full day of his presidency, Joe Biden commuted Peltier's life sentence to indefinite home confinement beginning on February 18, 2025. Peltier was released on that date.
Filmography
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The Making of America
2026
as Self (Artist/Activist)
Free Leonard Peltier
2025
Lakota Nation vs. United States
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
2012
as Self (archive footage)
COINTELPRO 101
2010
as Self - Political Prisoner
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999
as Self - Anishanaabe/Dakota (archive footage)
Incident at Oglala
1992
as Self
Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
1991
as Self