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John Trudell

John Trudell

Actor, Composer, Music Department

Born February 15, 1946 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Died December 8, 2015

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Biography

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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Filmography

Actor

27

Type

Year

Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae Poster

Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae Mini-Series2024Self - Indigenous Activist

Escape to Alcatraz Poster

Escape to Alcatraz TV Special2021Self

Trudell Short Film2020Self

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World Poster

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World Documentary2017Self

Legacy of Exiled NDNZ Poster

Legacy of Exiled NDNZ Short Film2014Narrator

Dark Blood Poster

Dark Blood Feature Film2012Indian #2

Reel Injun Poster

Reel Injun Documentary2009Self

The National Parks: America's Best Idea Poster

The National Parks: America's Best Idea Mini-Series2009Reader

No More Smoke Signals Poster

No More Smoke Signals Documentary2008Self

Gonzo Utopia Poster

Gonzo Utopia Short Film2006Self

A Thousand Roads Poster

A Thousand Roads Short Film2005Narrator

America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie Poster

America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie Documentary2005Black Hawk

Trudell Documentary2005Self

Sawtooth Feature Film2004Worm

DreamKeeper Poster

DreamKeeper TV Movie2003Coyote

Smoke Signals Poster

Smoke Signals Feature Film1998Randy Peone

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery Poster

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery Documentary1997

Extreme Measures Poster

Extreme Measures Feature Film1996Tony

The West Poster

The West Mini-Series1996Self

The Way West Poster

The Way West Documentary1995Voice

On Deadly Ground Poster

On Deadly Ground Feature Film1994Johnny Redfeather

Crossroads Poster

Crossroads TV Series1992Virgil Little Eagle

Incident at Oglala Poster

Incident at Oglala Documentary1992Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement

Thunderheart Poster

Thunderheart Feature Film1992Jimmy Looks Twice

All the Missing Children Poster

All the Missing Children Video1990Self

Powwow Highway Poster

Powwow Highway Feature Film1988Louie Short Hair

The Californians Documentary1984Self

Composer

3

Type

Year

Star Ancestors Poster

Star Ancestors TV Series2016

Trudell Documentary2005

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Music Department

3

Type

Year

A Thousand Roads Poster

A Thousand Roads Short Film2005

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Incident at Oglala Poster

Incident at Oglala Documentary1992

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