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(Redirected from Thunder Heart)
'''Thunderheart''' (1992) is a crime movie directed by Michael Apted with Fred Ward ,Val Kilmer and Graham Greene. Val Kilmer, himself part Cherokee Indian, plays an FBI agent with Sioux heritage investigating a murder on a Native American reservation. Graham Greene, a full Oneida Indian from Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada, plays tribal police officer, Walter Crow Horse.
The film is a fictionalization based on true events (see Wounded Knee incident), including the rise of the American Indian Movement. In particular, the character Jimmy Looks Twice (played by John Trudell) is modeled on native American activist Leonard Peltier, who like Jimmy, was sought by the FBI for the murder of two FBI men and was eventually arrested and removed from the reservation. The film gives a very positive reading to the Leonard Peltier story, suggesting not only his innocence with respect to the murders, but also a visionary charisma and a mystical, almost saintlike, acceptance of sacrifice and martyrdom.
Apted was intrigued by the actual events behind the film, which gave the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation the highest per capita murder rate at the time . Apted also made a documentary about the subject, ''Incident at Oglala''.
★ Incident at Oglala, also directed by Michael Apted.
★ Wounded Knee incident
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'''Thunderheart''' (1992) is a crime movie directed by Michael Apted with Fred Ward ,Val Kilmer and Graham Greene. Val Kilmer, himself part Cherokee Indian, plays an FBI agent with Sioux heritage investigating a murder on a Native American reservation. Graham Greene, a full Oneida Indian from Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada, plays tribal police officer, Walter Crow Horse.
The film is a fictionalization based on true events (see Wounded Knee incident), including the rise of the American Indian Movement. In particular, the character Jimmy Looks Twice (played by John Trudell) is modeled on native American activist Leonard Peltier, who like Jimmy, was sought by the FBI for the murder of two FBI men and was eventually arrested and removed from the reservation. The film gives a very positive reading to the Leonard Peltier story, suggesting not only his innocence with respect to the murders, but also a visionary charisma and a mystical, almost saintlike, acceptance of sacrifice and martyrdom.
Apted was intrigued by the actual events behind the film, which gave the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation the highest per capita murder rate at the time . Apted also made a documentary about the subject, ''Incident at Oglala''.
| Contents |
| Cast |
| See Also |
| External links |
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Val Kilmer | Ray Levoi |
| Sam Shepard | Frank Coutelle |
| Graham Greene | Walter Crow Horse |
| Fred Ward | Jack Milton |
| Fred Dalton Thompson | William Dawes |
| Sheila Tousey | Maggie Eagle Bear |
| Ted Thin Elk | Grandpa Sam Reaches |
| John Trudell | Jimmy Looks Twice |
| Julius Drum | Richard Yellow Hawk |
| Sarah Brave | Maisy Blue Legs |
| Allan R.J. Joseph | Leo Fast Elk |
| Sylvan Pumpkin Seed | Hobart |
| Patrick Massett | Agent Mackey |
| Dennis Banks | Himself |
| David Crosby | Bartender |
See Also
★ Incident at Oglala, also directed by Michael Apted.
★ Wounded Knee incident
External links
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