“Contrary Warrior is a moving portrait…colorful storytelling…Fortunate Eagle is a national treasure and Ferry’s film is a worthy introduction to his life.”
- Robin Menken, Cinema Without Borders
“Engrossing.”
– Aly Comingore, Santa Barbara Independent
From the filmmakers of the award-winning Sitting Bull: A Stone in My Heart comes a documentary about one of our most important and controversial contemporary Native Americans leaders. Filmed in Nevada on the Paiute-Shoshone Indian Reservation, Contrary Warrior is an intimate first-person account of the life and work of Red Lake Reservation Minnesota-born American Indian activist, artist, ceremonial leader, author – and enemy of the state – Adam Fortunate Eagle.
Although best known for orchestrating the American Indian take-over of Alcatraz Island in 1969 that led to significant social reforms for all Native Americans, Fortunate Eagle is an accomplished sculptor, author and celebrated ceremonial pipe maker. Often with wit and humor he recalls his life from childhood, his ten years in an Indian Boarding school, to becoming an urban Indian resulting in the occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969, and to his present life on the reservation where he becomes a celebrated artist and author.
| Date | City | Venue | Country |
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| 04/21/11 - 04/28/11 | Contrary Warrior: The Life and Times of Adam Fortunate Eagle in Austin, TX | Cine las Americas | United States |
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