A Good Day to Die

A Good Day to Die

Release: 2010 | Community Score: 65%

Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader who looks back at his early life and the rise of the Movement.

Cast

Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks

Self - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa
Brenda Child

Brenda Child

Self - Professor, American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota; Ojibwa
Bob Hicks

Bob Hicks

Self - Filmmaker; Creek - Seminole
Sydney Byrd

Sydney Byrd

Self - Dakota
George Mitchell

George Mitchell

Self - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa
Frances Fairbanks

Frances Fairbanks

Self - Director, American Indian Center, Minneapolis; Ojibwa
Jay WhiteCrow

Jay WhiteCrow

Self - AIM Member; Seneca
Lyle Rustad

Lyle Rustad

Self - Co-Founder, Diversity Foundation
Clyde Bellecourt

Clyde Bellecourt

Self - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa
Lehman Brightman

Lehman Brightman

Self - Founder, United Native Americans; Lakota - Creek
Wilmer Mesteth

Wilmer Mesteth

Self - Traditional Leader and Educator; Lakota
Charlie Hill

Charlie Hill

Self - Comedian; Oneida
Wes Studi

Wes Studi

Self - Actor; Cherokee
Ken Tilsen

Ken Tilsen

Self - Defense Attorney, Wounded Knee Trial
Cy Griffin

Cy Griffin

Self - Videographer
LaDonna Harris

LaDonna Harris

Self - Former wife of US Senator Fred Harris; Comanche
Della Warrior

Della Warrior

Self - C.O.O., Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation; Otoe - Missouria
Eda Gordon

Eda Gordon

Self - Defense Investigator, Wounded Knee Trial
Joann WhiteCrow

Joann WhiteCrow

Self - AIM Member; Cherokee
Marshall McKay

Marshall McKay

Self - Tribal Chairman, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
George Tennyson

George Tennyson

Self - US Marshal, South Dakota
Cora Jones

Cora Jones

Self - Former employee, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Dakota
Marshall Young

Marshall Young

Self - Judge, Custer Trial, Custer, SD
Tashina Banks

Tashina Banks

Self - Dennis Banks' daughter; Lakota - Ojibwa
Dorothy Sun Bear

Dorothy Sun Bear

Self - Wounded Knee Museum; Lakota
Roselyn Jumping Bull

Roselyn Jumping Bull

Self - Great granddaughter of Sitting Bull; Lakota
Rick Thomas

Rick Thomas

Self - Vietnam Veteran; Dakota
Larry Anderson

Larry Anderson

Self - Vietnam Veteran, Tribal Councilman; Navajo
Leonard Wabasha

Leonard Wabasha

Self - 7th Generation Hereditary Chief; Dakota
Leonard Foster

Leonard Foster

Self - AIM Member; Navajo
De Glassgow

De Glassgow

Self - Sheriff, Custer County, SD
Jerry Brown

Jerry Brown

Self - Attorney General, California / Former California Governor