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 o...
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Smoke Signals
As Randy Peone
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
As Self - Santee Sioux
The 11th Hour
As Self
Powwow Highway
As Louie Short Hair
Dreamkeeper
As Coyote
Reel Injun
As Self
A Thousand Roads
As Narrator (voice)
Taking Alcatraz
As Self (archive footage)
Incident at Oglala
As Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
Trudell
As Self / Narrator (voice)
Thunderheart
As Jimmy Looks Twice
Extreme Measures
As Tony
On Deadly Ground
As Johnny Redfeather
No More Smoke Signals
As self
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
As Self
Dark Blood
As Indian #2
Lakota Nation vs. United States
As Self (archive footage)
America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie
As Black Hawk (voice)
The West
As Self
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
As Self - AIM National Chairman (archive footage)
