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A Good Day to Die
Genres
HistoryDocumentary
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
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
91 min
Release Date
2010-11-12
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
6.5
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
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
George Tennyson
Self - US Marshal, South Dakota
Cora Jones
Self - Former employee, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Dakota
Marshall Young
Self - Judge, Custer Trial, Custer, SD
Tashina Banks
Self - Dennis Banks' daughter; Lakota - Ojibwa
Dorothy Sun Bear
Self - Wounded Knee Museum; Lakota
Roselyn Jumping Bull
Self - Great granddaughter of Sitting Bull; Lakota
Rick Thomas
Self - Vietnam Veteran; Dakota
Larry Anderson
Self - Vietnam Veteran, Tribal Councilman; Navajo
Leonard Wabasha
Self - 7th Generation Hereditary Chief; Dakota
Leonard Foster
Self - AIM Member; Navajo
De Glassgow
Self - Sheriff, Custer County, SD
Jerry Brown
Self - Attorney General, California / Former California Governor
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