Taking Alcatraz

Duration: 40 min
Release date: 2015-11-01
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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.

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Taking Alcatraz

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