Directed by Ian Skorodin (Choctaw).
Based on actual events from the 1970s, including the occupation of Wounded Knee and the biography of John Trudell, Tushka centers on a fictionalized version of the American Indian Movement (AIM) to dramatize Native American defiance in the face of U.S. government corruption and violence. As the FBI ratchets up its efforts to infiltrate Tushka and “neutralize” its leader Marcus Beams, writer-director Ian Skorodin celebrates the power of the human spirit to survive.
Producer: Orvel Baldridge, Ian Skorodin. Cinematographer: Brett Reynolds. Editor: Jonathan Goldner. Cast: Orvel Baldridge, Robert Eades, Tim Johnson, Roy Rains Jr.
BetaSP, color, 90 min.
