Taking Alcatraz

Taking Alcatraz (2015)

November 1st, 20150h 40min

Documentary
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Overview

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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