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Free Leonard Peltier

2025 · 108 min

A sober, slow-building documentary that traces decades of injustice and the people still fighting, leaving you moved and quietly angry.

Directed by: Jesse Short Bull, David France
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Leonard Peltier

Overview: A new generation of activists fights to free American Indian Movement leader Leonard Peltier, who spent decades in prison for a disputed conviction.

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Directed by: Jesse Short Bull, David France
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Leonard Peltier

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
race
politics
corruption
survival
Places: prison
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	1
Realism	10
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Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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