A Good Day to Die

2010, documentary, history

91 minutes

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.

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Cast

Dennis Banks

Himself - Co-Founder, American Indian Movement; Ojibwa

Brenda Child

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

Bob Hicks

Himself - Filmmaker; Creek - Seminole

Sydney Byrd

Himself - Dakota

George Mitchell

Himself - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa

Frances Fairbanks

Herself - Director, American Indian Center, Minneapolis; Ojibwa

Jay WhiteCrow

Himself - AIM Member; Seneca

Lyle Rustad

Himself - Co-Founder, Diversity Foundation

Clyde Bellecourt

Himself - Co-Founder, AIM; Ojibwa

Lehman Brightman

Himself - Founder, United Native Americans; Lakota - Creek

Wilmer Mesteth

Himself - Traditional Leader and Educator; Lakota

Charlie Hill

Himself - Comedian; Oneida

Wes Studi

Wes Studi

Himself - Actor; Cherokee

Ken Tilsen

Himself - Defense Attorney, Wounded Knee Trial

Cy Griffin

Himself - Videographer

LaDonna Harris

Herself - Former wife of US Senator Fred Harris; Comanche

Della Warrior

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

Eda Gordon

Herself - Defense Investigator, Wounded Knee Trial

Joann WhiteCrow

Herself - AIM Member; Cherokee

Marshall McKay

Himself - Tribal Chairman, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation

George Tennyson

Himself - US Marshal, South Dakota

Cora Jones

Herself - Former employee, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Dakota

Marshall Young

Himself - Judge, Custer Trial, Custer, SD

Tashina Banks

Herself - Dennis Banks' daughter; Lakota - Ojibwa

Dorothy Sun Bear

Herself - Wounded Knee Museum; Lakota

Roselyn Jumping Bull

Herself - Great granddaughter of Sitting Bull; Lakota

Rick Thomas

Himself - Vietnam Veteran; Dakota

Larry Anderson

Himself - Vietnam Veteran, Tribal Councilman; Navajo

Leonard Wabasha

Himself - 7th Generation Hereditary Chief; Dakota

Leonard Foster

Himself - AIM Member; Navajo

De Glassgow

Himself - Sheriff, Custer County, SD

Jerry Brown

Himself - Attorney General, California / Former California Governor

Crew

Camera

David Mueller

Camera operator

Directing

David Mueller

Director

Lynn Salt

Director

Editing

Production

Matthew Martinez

Associate producer

Bob Hicks

Associate producer

Tashina Banks

Co-producer

Takeo Koshikawa

Co-producer

Marshall McKay

Executive producer

Anthony Roberts

Executive producer

Leland Kinter

Executive producer

James Kinter

Executive producer

Mia Durham

Executive producer

David Mueller

Producer

Lynn Salt

Producer

Sound

Lynn Salt

Boom operator

Michel Tyabji

Original music composer,

Rosa Costanza Tyabji

Sound designer

Writing

Lynn Salt

Writer

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