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Incident at Oglala is a 1992 American documentary film directed by Michael Apted and narrated by Robert Redford. The film documents the deaths of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, Jack R. Coler and Ronald A. Williams, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on June 26, 1975.
From the very beginning, Pelter's case has been dogged with controversy. Were the charged trumped up? Was the evidence falsified?
Jun 26, 1992 · On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty.
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- Documentary, History
- Michael Apted
- 1992-06-26
"Incident at Oglala" talks to various government witnesses, including one apparently mentally disturbed woman who changed her crucial testimony. There is the anonymous, hooded "Mr. X," who says he knows who killed the agents, and it wasn't Peltier.
On June 26, 1975, two FBI agents are searching for tribesman Leonard Peltier, wanted in connection with an assault. They are killed after coming under heavy fire, presumably from Peltier...
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- Michael Apted
- PG
- Documentary
Jun 26, 1992 · The prisoner is Sioux activist Leonard Peltier, who is serving two life terms at Leavenworth for the murder of two FBI agents on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation on June 26th, 1975.
Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story ★★★ 1992 (PG) Offers a detailed account of the violent events leading to the murder of two FBI agents in Oglala, South Dakota in 1975.
