Taking Alcatraz (2015)
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.
- Date of release
- 2015-11-01
- Runtime
- 40m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- John Ferry
Casting
- Adam Fortunate Eagle — Self
- John Trudell — Self (archive footage)
- LaNada Means — Self (archive footage)
- Earl Livermore — Self (archive footage)
- Stella Leach — Self (archive footage)
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