Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival. Photo courtesy Pickett Pictures, Censored News.
Standing Ovations and Global Awards for the New 'Free Leonard Peltier' Film
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, April 7, 2025
The new 'Free Leonard Peltier' film received a standing ovation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with a special presentation by Leonard Peltier and Dino Butler. The film, which reveals the history of the movement, and exposes details previously unknown, was featured today in Fort Collins, Colorado.
The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival, and was shown at festivals in Australia and Greece, with an upcoming screening in Warsaw, Poland.
Peltier spoke to the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival from his home on Turtle Mountain Chippewa Nation in North Dakota.
Peltier said he joined the American Indian Movement in 1970 in Denver, which was created and born here in Minneapolis.
