The read
A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 77% of the 147 1990s documentary movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael AptedDirector
Cast
- Robert RedfordNarrator (voice)
- Leonard PeltierSelf
- Norman ZigrossiSelf - Former Assistant FBI Regional Head, South Dakota
- Robert SikmaSelf - Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
- Darelle ButlerSelf
- Bob RobideauSelf
- Norman BrownSelf
- Duane BrewerSelf - Former GOON Squad Member
- Calvin Jumping BullSelf
- William MuldrowSelf - U.S. Government Commission on Civil Rights
- Dennis BanksSelf - Co-Founder American Indian Movement
- James AbourezkSelf - Former U.S. Senator, South Dakota
