Thessaloniki Film Festival 2025-TiDF27

International Competition

Free Leonard Peltier

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Director Jesse Short Bull, David France

Country United States

Runtime 110

Year 2025

Language English

Premiere International Premiere

Synopsis

Directed by Jesse Short Bull (Lakota Nation vs. the United States) and David France (How to Survive a Plague, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, and Welcome to Chechnya), and produced by Bird Runningwater, the film follows Leonard Peltier, one of the surviving leaders of the American Indian Movement, who has been in prison for 50 years following a contentious conviction. A new generation of Native activists is committed to winning his freedom before he dies.

Screenings

Tuesday 11.3.2025

20:00

Olympion

Tuesday 11.3.

Wednesday 12.3.2025

15:30

Frida Liappa

Wednesday 12.3.

Cast and crew

Producer David France, Jhane Myers, Paul Mcguire, Bird Runningwater

Cinematographer Kyle Bell

Editor Adam Evans, Hannah Vanderlan

Music Mato Wayuhi

Production Public Square Films

Co-producer Jamie Deradorian-Delia, Tomas Naglis, Preston Randolph

Executive producer Jodi Archambault, The Schmidt Family Foundation, James Costa, Trevor Burgess, Lekha Singh, Bryn Mooser, Justin Lacob, Laura Choi Raycroft

World Sales The Film Collaborative

directors picture

Jesse Short Bull, David France

2022 Lakota Nation vs. United States (co-direction)
2025 Free Leonard Peltier (co-direction)

2012 How to Survive a Plague
2017 The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
2020 Welcome to Chechnya
2022 How to Survive a Pandemic
2025 Free Leonard Peltier (co-direction)

Online screenings: 12/3/2025 - 16/3/2025

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