Released
A Song for Dead Warriors
January 1 1974 (over 50 years ago)Rating
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- Directors: Saul Landau, Michael Anderson, Rebecca Switzer, Norma Allen, Larry Janss, Bill Yahraus
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 25 m
- Country: United States of America
A Song for Dead Warriors examines the reasons for the Wounded Knee occupation in the spring of 1973 by Oglala Sioux Indians and members of the American Indian Movement (AIM). The film captures the conflict between AIM, the Sioux militants, the government’s Bureau of Indian Affairs and those allied with the US government.