Acting

John Trudell

John Trudell es conocido sobre todo por The West, Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae y El cazador de sueños. John Trudell nació el 15 de febrero de 1946. John Trudell murió el 8 de diciembre de 2015 a los 69 años.

Nacimiento: 15 de febrero de 1946
Lugar de nacimiento: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Fallecimiento: 8 de diciembre de 2015 (69 años)

Biografía

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.