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.
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2017
as Self
2015
as Self (archive footage)
2012
as Indian #2
2010
as Self
2009
as self
2007
as Self
2005
as Narrator (voice)
2005
as Self / Narrator (voice)
2003
as Coyote
1999
as Self - Santee Sioux
1998
as Randy Peone
1996
as Tony
1996
as Self
1994
as Johnny Redfeather
1992
as Self - National Spokesperson, American Indian Movement
1992
as Jimmy Looks Twice
1989
as Louie Short Hair