John Trudell

John Trudell

Birthday: 1946-02-15

Deathday: 2015-12-08

Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0874067

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

Score: 7.7

Incident at Oglala

Score: 7.2

Reel Injun

Score: 7.2

A Thousand Roads

Score: 7.0

Smoke Signals

Score: 6.7

The 11th Hour

Score: 6.7

Dreamkeeper

Score: 6.6

Powwow Highway

Score: 6.6

Thunderheart

Score: 6.3

Dark Blood

Score: 6.0

Extreme Measures

Score: 6.0

Trudell

Score: 5.4

Lakota Nation vs. United States

Score: 5.3

On Deadly Ground

Score: 5.2

No More Smoke Signals

Score: 4.0

America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie

Score: 0.0

Taking Alcatraz

Score: 0.0

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The West

Score: 8.4