Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier is one of the nation’s most well-known and
longest-incarcerated prisoners. Peltier is a Native
American activist and former member of the American Indian Movement who
was convicted of aiding in the killing of two FBI
agents during a shootout on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation in 1975. Sentenced to prison in 1977, Peltier is still incarcerated today.
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Documentary on Leonard Peltier, an American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted and sentenced in 1977 to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murder of two FBI agents. Peltier's supporters fight for his recognition as a political prisoner and challenge the fairness of his trial.
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