Jesse Short Bull and David France's documentary tells Peltier's story all the way through President Joe Biden's commutation.
The warning comes after the joyous twist of clemency for the Indigenous activist, as shown in a Sundance film premiering ...
Once the order came, the movie changed, too — literally. As recently as a week ago, Free Leonard Peltier ended with its now 80-year-old subject simply plaintively hoping he’d be released one day.
This is something that we always prepared for," producer Jhane Myers told Yahoo Entertainment about the documentary's contingency plan.
It’s not even past.’ It’s the sort of twist no screenwriter would dare invent: “Free Leonard Peltier,” a persuasively well-researched and often infuriating documentary about the American ...
Leonard Peltier, an activist jailed for decades after a disputed conviction, faces his twilight years as a new generation fights for his release from prison before it's too late.
In one of his last acts before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
“Free Leonard Peltier,” the new documentary about the imprisoned Indigenous activist ... It’s fascinating seeing footage of ...