trudell
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{{Infobox film
| name = Trudell
| image = Trudell FilmPoster.jpeg
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| director = Heather Rae
| producer = Heather Rae
Elyse Katz
| writer = B. Russell Friedenberg
| starring =
| music = John Trudell & Bad Dog
| cinematography = Gilbert Salas
Heather Rae
| editing = Gregory Bayne
Heather Rae
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2005|01|20|Sundance Film Festival|2006|02|24|United States}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = United States
| language =
| budget =
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Trudell is a 2005 documentary film about American Indian activist and poet John Trudell. The film traces Trudell's life from his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska, through his role as a leader of the American Indian Movement. It also covers his rebirth as a musician and spoken word poet after his wife died in a house fire suspected as arson.
Heather Rae produced and directed the film, which took her more than a decade to complete. Trudell aired nationally in the U.S. on April 11, 2006 as part of the Independent Lens series on PBS.
Reception
The film received generally mixed reviews from critics.
{{blockquote|... one of the most prominent and passionate advocates for Native American rights. ... [John Trudell] deserves more daring and objective scrutiny than this overly reverent tribute.|Jeanette Catsoulis|The New York Times{{Cite web| last=Catsoulis | first=Jeanette | date=2006-02-24 | url=http://movies.nytimes.com/2006/02/24/movies/24trud.html | title=Movie Review - Trudell (2005) A Portrait of a Stormy and Complicated Life | work=The New York Times | accessdate=2008-03-04}}}}
{{blockquote|By preaching so relentlessly to the choir, this film misses an opportunity to show what got them to sing in the first place.|Kenneth Turan|Los Angeles Times{{Cite web| last=Turan | first=Kenneth | date=2006-03-10 | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/cl-et-trudell10mar10,1,3645071.story | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110051943/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/cl-et-trudell10mar10,1,3645071.story | url-status=dead | archive-date=2009-01-10 | title=Movie Review - 'Trudell' | work=Los Angeles Times | accessdate=2008-03-04}}}}
{{blockquote|Despite the rambling finish, however, overall the film is a thought-provoking and graceful portrait of a tenacious peace warrior whose frankness is his greatest weapon.|Erin Meister|The Boston Globe{{Cite web| last=Meister | first=Erin | date=2006-03-10 | url=http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=8911 | title=Trudell Movie Review - A touching portrait of an activist | work=The Boston Globe | accessdate=2008-03-04}}}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140216033935/http://www.trudellthemovie.com/ www.trudellthemovie.com] (archived February 2014)
- [https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/trudell/ Trudell] site for Independent Lens on PBS
- {{IMDb title|0395796|Trudell}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|trudell|Trudell}}
Category:Documentary films about Native Americans
Category:Documentary films about poets
Category:2005 documentary films
Category:American musical documentary films
Category:Films about activists
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