Directed by Heather Rae.
Heather Rae’s documentary about American Indian activist and poet John Trudell meets its multifaceted subject with a complexity worthy of the man. Recounting Trudell’s rise from poverty to leadership in the American Indian Movement, then through personal tragedies to newfound status as a poet and recording artist, Rae combines multiple sources to construct the film as a poem in itself.
Appaloosa Pictures. Producer: Elyse Katz, Heather Rae. Cinematographer: Gilbert Salas. Editor: Gregory Bayne, Rongotai Lomas, Heather Rae. Cast: Robert Redford, Kris Kristofferson, Sam Shepard, Amy Ray, Val Kilmer.
35mm, color, 80 min.
