Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story

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Director : Michael Apted
Actor : Leonard Peltier, Robert Redford, John Trudell, Trudell John
Format : Import, NTSC
Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0012236129035
Product Group : DVD
Release Date : 2004-04-20
Studio : Live, Artisan
UPC : 012236129035

ASIN : B0001FVDI2

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Editorial Reviews

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Robert Redford is the executive producer (and narrator) of this fine, eye-opening documentary about the violent events that took place in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Indian activists ended up in an extended standoff with FBI agents, and the result was several deaths, including two federal men whose killing (according to many people) was never clearly attributed to a specific gunman. Nevertheless, the government laid blame for the tragedy on Leonard Peltier, a Sioux political leader who has long been a focus for supporters believing he took the fall, possibly heroically, for others. Peltier has spent many years in prison, and Apted's film, which is hardly ambiguous in its commitment toward Peltier's hoped-for freedom, is persuasive in both its detail and its case against brutal federal policies toward Indians. Whatever one's position on the Peltier question, this is a compelling piece of work. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

WHAT IS JUSTICE? (2004-05-19)

O.K., SO BUSH SUCKS. WHAT'S NEW? IRAQUIS, INDIANS, ALL THE SAME TO UNCLE SAM.

INCIDENT AT OGLALA - THE LEONARD PELTIER STORY (2004-05-04)

INCIDENT AT OGLALA IS AN EXCELLENT DOCUMENT AND A MUST SEE FOR ANYONE WANTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LEONARD PELTIER AND THE MISTREATMENT OF AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE UNITED STATES. FBI MISCONDUCT WAS RAMPANT THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT. CURRENTLY, LEONARD CONTINUES TO SET IN A CELL IN LEAVENWORTH WITH NO EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT HE BELONGS THERE. MOREOVER, MUCH PROOF EXISTS THAT HE DOES NOT BELONG IN PRISON. WATCH THIS AND GET INVOLVED WITH THE BUSINESS OF BRINGING LEONARD HOME. TWENTY EIGHT YEARS IS TOO LONG FOR JUSTICE TO NOT BE SERVED.

Decent documentary, inconclusive case. (2004-02-13)

Peltier is an otherwise forgettable Native American activist who ought to be grateful for the fame his incarceration has brought him through the years. Clearly, his voice prior to Pine Ridge has been amplified a million fold since Pine Ridge. Do I think he's innocent? No. Do I think he's guilty? Probably. Yeah, maybe he is "innocent" of the murders themselves, but sometimes if you're standing close to the burning building, and the fire marshall sees you with matches in your hands and the smell of petrol on your clothes, you're liable to go down for arson. Perhaps you didn't in fact burn the building, but man, what the hell are you doing there with matches and gasoline? Such is the Peltier case, and the politics and heated emotion surrounding this case make it almost impossible to examine impartially. Many cry that this is just another example of big bad government sticking it to the Indians. I'm not so sure. As Lincoln said of militant abolitionist John Brown, there can be no excuse for murder and treason, no matter how just the cause might be. If we forgive a guilty Peltier (or Abu-Jamal for that matter) of his crimes simply because we are sympathetic to his cause, what does that say about us, or our dedication to a just America?

Should be REQUIRED Viewing in Schools (2003-04-04)

Very well done documentary of the events on the Pine Ridge Reservation and the subsequent fallout. No matter what your views on the incident, this will give you a great overview of what happened. Definitely should be required viewing for any student of "American" History.

What we know and what we don't know (2003-01-29)

Clearly opinions are greatly divided both about this dvd and the events it portrays. On the one hand, what we know is this: Pine Ridge was a powderkeg waiting to blow that day. And, we know that Leonard Peltier and others were involved in a shoot-out with FBI's. It would appear fairly conclusive that Peltier is guilty of shooting at federal officers. What is not clear about the incident is: We do not know who opened fire first. The AIM members may have been defending themselves from officers whose intent was to "kill first, arrest later." Also, we do not know conclusively whether Peltier's shots struck, much less fatally wounded, the FBI agents. Peltier is NOT a Mumia al Jamal...because there is no doubt in the least that Jamal walked up to that officer and put a bullet in his head and that he(Jamal) knew exactly who he was shooting. It remains inconclusive that the FBI agents ever properly identified themselves before the shootout began. Other things we do know now about Leonard Peltier's case: the FBI tampered with witnesses; the FBI has unlawfully interfered with his parole hearings; and even today, Leonard Peltier is being denied proper medical treatment for a number of ailments. He is not even getting the level of treatment that we would accord Prisoners of War. Leonard Peltier is guilty without a doubt of armed assault against federal officers...though some might suggest that if he had not returned fire, he might have died that day. Irrespective of that, he is guilty of shooting at the officers. However, no one who wasn't there that day will ever know who fired the fatal rounds that killed those officers...and perhaps, even those that were there, in the fog and fury of the moment, may not be able to clearly identify the facts of the event either. If we still believe in due process, the right to a fair trial, and all those other legal saws that flag wavers still love to trumpet about: we cannot find Leonard Peltier guilty of murder beyond a reasonable doubt. Doubt is the essence of the story of that day. And, given the evidence regarding the government's continued interference in both his parole hearings and in the excessive and inhumane circumstances of his imprisonment, much farther beyond the general level of unpleasantness in prison: no decent, morally conscious American can say anything other than: LET HIM GO. FREE LEONARD PELTIER NOW!!!

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