Taking Alcatraz

Name: Taking Alcatraz
Director: John Ferry
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-11-01
Duration: 40 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Adam Fortunate Eagle, John Trudell, LaNada Means, Earl Livermore, Stella Leach

Directed by John Ferry

Documentary

20150h 40m

Overview

A documentary account by award-winning filmmaker John Ferry of the events that led up to the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz Island as told by principal organizer, Adam Fortunate Eagle. The story unfolds through Fortunate Eagle's remembrances, archival newsreel footage and photographs.