A Good Day to Die

A Good Day to Die

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.

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2010

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Cast

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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