On Sacred Ground
2023Based on the true events during the 2016 construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota on land that is owned by the Lakota “Sioux” Tribe. The film follows Daniel, a journalist and Afghanistan War military veteran, and Elliot, an oil company executive, who find themselves on opposite sides of the fight during the construction of the contentious pipeline.
Acted in
William Mapother
as Daniel McKinney
Amy Smart
as Julie
David Arquette
as Elliot
Frances Fisher
as Ricky
Kerry Knuppe
as Mika
Irene Bedard
as Mary Singing Crow
Mariel Hemingway
as Marion
David Midthunder
as Terry
Che Jim
as Akicita
Rebecca Harrell Tickell
as Sam (as Rebecca Tickell)
KateLynn E. Newberry
as Shelley
Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas
as Chief Dancing Falcon
Peter Lawson Jones
as Doug
Layla Cushman
as Faith
Zach Meiser
as Patch
Kevin McClatchy
as Kenneth
Paul Worley
as Diner
Aqeel Ash-Shakoor
as Frank
Edwin Modlin II
as Major Levy
Anita Farmer Bergman
as Water Protector
Thomas Dunbar
as Priest
John E. Brownlee
as Veteran