A Good Day to Die

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Dennis Banks

Self - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa

Brenda Child

Self - Professor, American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota; Ojibwa

Bob Hicks

Self - Filmmaker; Creek - Seminole

Sydney Byrd

Self - Dakota

George Mitchell

Self - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa

Frances Fairbanks

Self - Director, American Indian Center, Minneapolis; Ojibwa

Jay WhiteCrow

Self - AIM Member; Seneca

Lyle Rustad

Self - Co-Founder, Diversity Foundation

Clyde Bellecourt

Self - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa

Lehman Brightman

Self - Founder, United Native Americans; Lakota - Creek

Wilmer Mesteth

Self - Traditional Leader and Educator; Lakota

Charlie Hill

Self - Comedian; Oneida

Wes Studi

Self - Actor; Cherokee

Ken Tilsen

Self - Defense Attorney, Wounded Knee Trial

Cy Griffin

Self - Videographer

LaDonna Harris

Self - Former wife of US Senator Fred Harris; Comanche

Della Warrior

Self - C.O.O., Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation; Otoe - Missouria

Eda Gordon

Self - Defense Investigator, Wounded Knee Trial

Joann WhiteCrow

Self - AIM Member; Cherokee

Marshall McKay

Self - Tribal Chairman, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation