John Trudell
John Trudell was an American Indian author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After his pregnant wife, three children and mother-in-law were killed in 1979 in a fire at the home of his parents-in-law on the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada, Trudell turned to writing, music and film as a second career. He acted in three films in the 1990s. The documentary Trudell (2005) was made about him and his life as an activist and artist.
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- 2022 · Lakota Nation vs. United States as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World as Self
- 2015 · Taking Alcatraz as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Dark Blood as Indian #2
- 2010 · Reel Injun as Self
- 2009 · No More Smoke Signals as self
- 2007 · The 11th Hour as Self
- 2005 · A Thousand Roads as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Trudell as Self / Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Dreamkeeper as Coyote
- 1999 · Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson as Self - Santee Sioux
- 1998 · Smoke Signals as Randy Peone
- 1996 · Extreme Measures as Tony
- 1996 · The West as Self
- 1994 · On Deadly Ground as Johnny Redfeather
- 1992 · Incident at Oglala as Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
- 1992 · Thunderheart as Jimmy Looks Twice
- 1989 · Powwow Highway as Louie Short Hair