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Variety<p>‘Free Leonard Peltier’ Filmmakers on How Recently Released Activist Continues His Fight for Indigenous Communities: ‘His Fire Is Undiminished’<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Variety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Variety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Global</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarketsFestivals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarketsFestivals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidFrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidFrance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DocumentariestoWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DocumentariestoWatch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JesseShortBull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JesseShortBull</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThessalonikiDocumentaryFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThessalonikiDocumentaryFestival</span></a></p><p><a href="https://variety.com/2025/film/global/free-leonard-peltier-jesse-short-bull-david-france-1236332403/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">variety.com/2025/film/global/f</span><span class="invisible">ree-leonard-peltier-jesse-short-bull-david-france-1236332403/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>So, I am well aware of the controversy surrounding <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuffySainteMarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuffySainteMarie</span></a> and her heritage. But whether she is a pretendian (she claims to be adopted, something that's been disputed) or not, a lot of Native Americans accepted her as one of their own, and she had her pulse on what was going on with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIM</span></a>... </p><p>Buffy's Censored Words Led to Revelations in New <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardPeltier</span></a> Film Premiered at Sundance<br> <br>"My girlfriend Annie Mae talked about uranium<br>Her head was filled with bullets and her body dumped<br>The FBI cut off her hands and told us she'd died of Exposure…" <br>- Buffy Saint Marie, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, 1992.</p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, Feb. 4, 2025 </p><p>TSAILE, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> -- "The words of Buffy Sainte Marie, censored by Indian Country Today, led to revelations about Oglala President Dick Wilson's secret land deal on Pine Ridge in the new film Free<br>Leonard Peltier, which premiered at Sundance, producer <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JesseShortBull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JesseShortBull</span></a> told Censored News.</p><p>"Buffy's interview at Dine' College in 1999 was censored for seven years. Before I was fired as a staff reporter, a portion of the interview was published by the newspaper -- but one paragraph was still censored. In the still censored portion, Buffy referred to a secret land deal on the day of the shoot out at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JumpingBull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JumpingBull</span></a> property on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PineRidge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PineRidge</span></a>. Buffy said, 'Who recalls that on that day one-eighth of the reservation was transferred in secret -- on that day. It was the part containing uranium. That is what never seems to be remembered.'</p><p>"Dickie Wilson planned to turn over the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MineralRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MineralRights</span></a> in the Badlands to the U.S. government. The U.S. government wanted the land for uranium mining. Dick Wilson's secret plan was discovered in the documents in the BIA file cabinets by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanIndianMovement</span></a>, during the takeover of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIA</span></a> building in Washington in 1972.</p><p>"Following the premiere of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeLeonardPeltier</span></a> at the Sundance Film Festival, Jesse Short Bull, Oglala Lakota, and director of the film, reveals how Buffy's words led to the search for the facts about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DickWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DickWilson</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a> scheme with the U.S. government. 'Buffy's song about Anna Mae really shocked me, she outlined it so well,' Short Bull said. 'The plans for mineral development for Pine Ridge were discovered at the 1972 BIA takeover, and by the 1980's the big wig energy companies came to Pine Ridge with big ideas for development."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/02/buffys-censored-words-led-to.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/02</span><span class="invisible">/buffys-censored-words-led-to.html</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PineRidgeReservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PineRidgeReservation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Relocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relocation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnnaMaeAquash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnaMaeAquash</span></a></p>
Variety<p>‘Free Leonard Peltier’ Review: Engaging Doc About Activist Accused of Killing Two FBI Agents in 1975 Is Timelier Than Ever<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Variety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Variety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reviews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidFrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidFrance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeLeonardPeltier</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JesseShortBull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JesseShortBull</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SundanceFilmFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SundanceFilmFestival</span></a></p><p><a href="https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/free-leonard-peltier-review-1236288345/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">variety.com/2025/film/reviews/</span><span class="invisible">free-leonard-peltier-review-1236288345/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sundance2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sundance2025</span></a> Lineup Highlights Powerful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> Stories, Including '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeLeonardPeltier</span></a>’ and ‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElNorte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElNorte</span></a>' </p><p>By Kaili Berg, December 17, 2024 </p><p>"The Sundance Institute recently unveiled the lineup for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, which will showcase 87 feature films and six episodic projects that promise daring storytelling and global perspectives. </p><p>"Among the films in this year’s lineup are powerful portrayals of Indigenous experiences, including El Norte and Free Leonard Peltier.</p><p>"Sundance Institute Senior Programmer Heidi Zwicker told Native News Online that the selection of films underscores diverse narratives in Native films. </p><p>"'The films that we have this year indicate how much you can’t define what an Indigenous film should be like,' Zwicker said. 'There’s such multiplicity in the stories and worlds these filmmakers present, even within a single community.'</p><p>"The Festival will take place from January 23 to February 2, 2025, with screenings in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as a curated online program accessible to audiences nationwide from January 30 to February 2.</p><p>"Free Leonard Peltier, co-directed by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JesseShortBull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JesseShortBull</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oglala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oglala</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lakota</span></a>) and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DavidFrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidFrance</span></a>, is a documentary that dives into the life and legacy of Leonard Peltier, a leader of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanIndianMovement</span></a> who has been imprisoned for 50 years following a controversial conviction. </p><p>"Zwicker described the film as 'rich, well-researched, and deeply emotional,' emphasizing its timeliness as Peltier’s case gains renewed attention in the fight for clemency.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GregoryNava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GregoryNava</span></a>’s El Norte follows Indigneous siblings Rosa and Enrique as they flee <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Guatemala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guatemala</span></a> after their family is murdered in a government-led massacre during the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GuatemalanCivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuatemalanCivilWar</span></a>. Their journey to the U.S. becomes a struggle for survival amid the realities of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a> life. </p><p>"Profits from ticket sales directly support Sundance Institute’s year-round initiatives, including labs, residencies, fellowships, and educational programs through Sundance Collab. These programs empower thousands of artists annually.</p><p>"Sundance’s Indigenous Program, led by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AdamPiron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamPiron</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kiowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kiowa</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mohawk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mohawk</span></a>), is a vital part of this mission, providing ongoing support to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeFilmmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeFilmmakers</span></a>."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/sundance-2025-lineup-highlights-powerful-indigenous-stories-including-free-leonard-peltier-and-el-norte" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nativenewsonline.net/arts-ente</span><span class="invisible">rtainment/sundance-2025-lineup-highlights-powerful-indigenous-stories-including-free-leonard-peltier-and-el-norte</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmnestyForLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmnestyForLeonardPeltier</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClemencyForLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClemencyForLeonardPeltier</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousFilmmakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousFilmmakers</span></a></p>
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