A Good Day to Die

Duration: 91 min
Release date: 2010-11-12
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Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of the Movement.

History Documentary

A Good Day to Die

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Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks
as Self - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa
Brenda Child
Brenda Child
as Self - Professor, American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota; Ojibwa
Bob Hicks
Bob Hicks
as Self - Filmmaker; Creek - Seminole
Sydney Byrd
Sydney Byrd
as Self - Dakota
George Mitchell
George Mitchell
as Self - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa
Frances Fairbanks
Frances Fairbanks
as Self - Director, American Indian Center, Minneapolis; Ojibwa
Jay WhiteCrow
Jay WhiteCrow
as Self - AIM Member; Seneca
Lyle Rustad
Lyle Rustad
as Self - Co-Founder, Diversity Foundation
Clyde Bellecourt
Clyde Bellecourt
as Self - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa
Lehman Brightman
Lehman Brightman
as Self - Founder, United Native Americans; Lakota - Creek
Wilmer Mesteth
Wilmer Mesteth
as Self - Traditional Leader and Educator; Lakota
Charlie Hill
Charlie Hill
as Self - Comedian; Oneida
Wes Studi
Wes Studi
as Self - Actor; Cherokee
Ken Tilsen
Ken Tilsen
as Self - Defense Attorney, Wounded Knee Trial
Cy Griffin
Cy Griffin
as Self - Videographer
LaDonna Harris
LaDonna Harris
as Self - Former wife of US Senator Fred Harris; Comanche
Della Warrior
Della Warrior
as Self - C.O.O., Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation; Otoe - Missouria
Eda Gordon
Eda Gordon
as Self - Defense Investigator, Wounded Knee Trial
Joann WhiteCrow
Joann WhiteCrow
as Self - AIM Member; Cherokee
Marshall McKay
Marshall McKay
as Self - Tribal Chairman, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
George Tennyson
George Tennyson
as Self - US Marshal, South Dakota
Cora Jones
Cora Jones
as Self - Former employee, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Dakota
Marshall Young
Marshall Young
as Self - Judge, Custer Trial, Custer, SD
Tashina Banks
Tashina Banks
as Self - Dennis Banks' daughter; Lakota - Ojibwa
Dorothy Sun Bear
Dorothy Sun Bear
as Self - Wounded Knee Museum; Lakota
Roselyn Jumping Bull
Roselyn Jumping Bull
as Self - Great granddaughter of Sitting Bull; Lakota
Rick Thomas
Rick Thomas
as Self - Vietnam Veteran; Dakota
Larry Anderson
Larry Anderson
as Self - Vietnam Veteran, Tribal Councilman; Navajo
Leonard Wabasha
Leonard Wabasha
as Self - 7th Generation Hereditary Chief; Dakota
Leonard Foster
Leonard Foster
as Self - AIM Member; Navajo
De Glassgow
De Glassgow
as Self - Sheriff, Custer County, SD
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
as Self - Attorney General, California / Former California Governor
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