Incident At Oglala Analysis

This is a 1992 contemporary western anonymous film, which was directed by Apted Michael with an original play by Fusco John. The film is based on the portrayal of events that are related to the incident of Wounded Knee in 1973. In this case, the American Indian movement’s followers apprehended the two of South Dakota of the Wounded Knee in reaction against the policy of the federal government about the Native Americans. Ray Levoi is included in the characters that were played by Val Kilmer acting as the agent of FBI with Sioux heritage probing the death on the reservation of the Native American. Also, Apted had before directed documentary about activists of the native American event that is about the killing of FBI, which was titled Incident at Oglala. It shows the indictment of Leonard Peltier who was an activist during the shootouts of 1975 on the pine ridge Indian reservation (Arnold 355). It was a co-production between the water house production and the Tribeca production and Tri-Star pictures. The film addresses civil subjects such as political activism, discrimination, and the murder. Due to the cinematic release, the film earned many award nominations from the
Moreover, the film was dealing with the customary beliefs of Indians and the ceremonies. The incident Oglala is one of the documentaries about the rights of the Indian Americans. The Thunderheart that was filmed at pine ridge reservation in the southern Dakota involves many Indian actors, and it portrays the violent events that happen to this group during the 1970s. The roles that were played by these Indian actors mirror those challenges that the Indian Americans were going through. For instance, the fiery John Trudel who acted as the Indian American activist as well as singer and