A Good Day to Die

A Good Day to Die

91 mins | Documentary, History | Nov. 12, 2010

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.

A Good Day to Die

91 mins | Documentary, History | Nov. 12, 2010

A Good Day to Die
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers
Original title A Good Day to Die
Directors Lynn Salt, David Mueller
Writers Lynn Salt

Cast

Dennis Banks

as Himself - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa

Brenda Child

as Herself - Professor, American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota; Ojibwa

Bob Hicks

as Himself - Filmmaker; Creek - Seminole

Sydney Byrd

as Himself - Dakota

George Mitchell

as Himself - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa

Frances Fairbanks

as Herself - Director, American Indian Center, Minneapolis; Ojibwa

Jay WhiteCrow

as Himself - AIM Member; Seneca

Lyle Rustad

as Himself - Co-Founder, Diversity Foundation

Clyde Bellecourt

as Himself - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa

Lehman Brightman

as Himself - Founder, United Native Americans; Lakota - Creek

Wilmer Mesteth

as Himself - Traditional Leader and Educator; Lakota

Charlie Hill

as Himself - Comedian; Oneida

Wes Studi

as Himself - Actor; Cherokee

Ken Tilsen

as Himself - Defense Attorney, Wounded Knee Trial

Cy Griffin

as Himself - Videographer

LaDonna Harris

as Herself - Former wife of US Senator Fred Harris; Comanche

Della Warrior

as Herself - C.O.O., Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation; Otoe - Missouria

Eda Gordon

as Herself - Defense Investigator, Wounded Knee Trial

Joann WhiteCrow

as Herself - AIM Member; Cherokee

Marshall McKay

as Himself - Tribal Chairman, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation

George Tennyson

as Himself - US Marshal, South Dakota

Cora Jones

as Herself - Former employee, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Dakota

Marshall Young

as Himself - Judge, Custer Trial, Custer, SD

Tashina Banks

as Herself - Dennis Banks' daughter; Lakota - Ojibwa

Dorothy Sun Bear

as Herself - Wounded Knee Museum; Lakota

Roselyn Jumping Bull

as Herself - Great granddaughter of Sitting Bull; Lakota

Rick Thomas

as Himself - Vietnam Veteran; Dakota

Larry Anderson

as Himself - Vietnam Veteran, Tribal Councilman; Navajo

Leonard Wabasha

as Himself - 7th Generation Hereditary Chief; Dakota

Leonard Foster

as Himself - AIM Member; Navajo

De Glassgow

as Himself - Sheriff, Custer County, SD

Jerry Brown

as Himself - Attorney General, California / Former California Governor