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.
Known For
Credits
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Self (archive footage)★ 5.3 -
Self★ 7.7 -
Taking Alcatraz 2015Self (archive footage)★ NR -
Dark Blood 2012Indian #2★ 6 -
Reel Injun 2010Self★ 7.2 -
self★ 4 -
The 11th Hour 2007Self★ 6.7 -
Black Hawk (voice)★ NR -
A Thousand Roads 2005Narrator (voice)★ 7 -
Trudell 2005Self / Narrator (voice)★ 5.4 -
Dreamkeeper 2003Coyote★ 6.6 -
Self - Santee Sioux★ NR -
Smoke Signals 1998Randy Peone★ 6.7 -
Extreme Measures 1996Tony★ 6 -
The West 1996Self★ 8.4 -
On Deadly Ground 1994Johnny Redfeather★ 5.2 -
Incident at Oglala 1992Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement★ 7.2 -
Thunderheart 1992Jimmy Looks Twice★ 6.3 -
Powwow Highway 1989Louie Short Hair★ 6.6