John Trudell
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John Trudell was an American Indian author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After his pregnant wife, three children and mother-in-law were killed in 1979 in a fire at the home of his parents-in-law on the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada, Trudell turned to writing, music and film as a second career. He acted in three films in the 1990s. The documentary Trudell (2005) was made about him and his life as an activist and artist.
Movies
(18 total)
On Deadly Ground
as Johnny Redfeather
Extreme Measures
as Tony
Thunderheart
as Jimmy Looks Twice
Smoke Signals
as Randy Peone
The 11th Hour
as Self
Reel Injun
as Self
Powwow Highway
as Louie Short Hair
Dark Blood
as Indian #2
Dreamkeeper
as Coyote
Incident at Oglala
as Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
Trudell
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Lakota Nation vs. United States
as Self (archive footage)
No More Smoke Signals
as self
A Thousand Roads
as Narrator (voice)
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
as Self - Santee Sioux
Taking Alcatraz
as Self (archive footage)
America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie
as Black Hawk (voice)
TV Shows
(3 total)
The West
as Self
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
as Self - AIM National Chairman (archive footage)
Dreamkeeper
as Coyote