Alcatraz Is Not An Island (Institutional In-Perpetuity Streaming License & Digital Copy)

Description

Emmy Award-Winning “Alcatraz Is Not An Island”

Directed By James M. Fortier (Ojibway)
Produced By Jon Plutte
Executive Producer Millie Ketcheshawno (Mvskoke)
Associate Producer/Historical Consultant Dr. Troy Johnson
Edited by Mike Yearling

Institutional In-Perpetuity  Streaming License & Digital Copy.

This license contract provides your institution with a permanent digital copy of the film and the right to host it on your own server, or a qualified third-party server, to allow streaming access to your institution’s faculty, staff, and students forever. Some restrictions do apply, such as making additional digital copies (one back up copy is allowed), public presentations of the program without the written consent of the copyright holder, Turtle Island Productions, LLC, and fee based presentations. Hosting servers must be password protected and the ability to download the program is forbidden. Other minor details are negotiable. I do offer a sliding scale for Native American and First Nation tribal colleges, schools, and tribally affiliated non-profits on a negotiated case-by-case basis. Please contact me directly for more details.

Due to copyright limitations for one song in the film this documentary will eventually be effectively “out of print.” Due to dwindling stock and increased operating expenses I have recently raised the DVD purchase price to $260, including Priority Mail. There is only one box of DVD copies left so act now. If you purchased only the DVD after January 1, 2018, the in-perpetuity price is only $800, contact me directly at james_fortier@live.com.

Synopsis

For thousands of Native Americans, the infamous Alcatraz is not an island, it is an inspiration. After generations of oppression, relocation and assimilation, a small group of Native American students from UC Berkeley and San Francisco State along with Urban Indians from the Bay Area began the occupation of Alcatraz Island in November, 1969. They were eventually joined by thousands of Native Americans, retaking Indian land for the first time since the 1880s. Alcatraz Is Not An Island is the story of how this historic event altered U.S. Government Indian policy and programs, and how it changed the way many Native Americans viewed themselves, their culture, and their sovereign rights. The story of the occupation of Alcatraz is as complex and rich as the history of Native Americans. This documentary examines the personal sacrifices, tragedies, social battles, and political injustices many Native Americans experienced under the United States Government policies of assimilation, termination, and relocation – all eventually leading to Alcatraz. Beginning with the struggle to establish American Indian Studies programs at Bay Area universities, the occupation of Alcatraz quickly became the springboard for the Red Power movement of the 1970s, which has been called the lost chapter of the Civil Rights era. After 30 years, Alcatraz Is Not An Island provides the first in-depth look at the history, politics, personalities, and cultural reawakening behind this historic event, which sparked a new era of Native American political empowerment and cultural renaissance.