05 May 1985
Broken Rainbow
Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.
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.
Top Billed 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
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