Film

Taking Alcatraz

201540mNRDocumentary

Age rating: NR
Director: John Ferry
Year: 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.

Top cast

Adam Fortunate Eagle

Self

John Trudell

Self (archive footage)

LaNada Means

Self (archive footage)

Earl Livermore

Self (archive footage)

Stella Leach

Self (archive footage)

Directed by

John Ferry

Written by

Grace De Soto

Produced by

John Ferry