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  • 2006
  • PG
  • Balcony Releasing
  • 1 h 19 m
  • 2006
  • PG
  • Balcony Releasing
  • 1 h 19 m
Trudell

Summary In this documentary filmmaker Heather Rae the engaging life story of Native American poet-prophet-activist John Trudell and his heartfelt message of active, personal responsibility to the earth, all of its inhabitants and our descendents. (Appaloosa Pictures)

Directed By: Heather Rae

Written By: Russell Friedenberg

  • 2006
  • PG
  • Balcony Releasing
  • 1 h 19 m
  • 2006
  • PG
  • Balcony Releasing
  • 1 h 19 m

Trudell

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary In this documentary filmmaker Heather Rae the engaging life story of Native American poet-prophet-activist John Trudell and his heartfelt message of active, personal responsibility to the earth, all of its inhabitants and our descendents. (Appaloosa Pictures)

Directed By: Heather Rae

Written By: Russell Friedenberg

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
48
29% Positive
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64% Mixed
9 Reviews
7% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews
48
29% Positive
4 Reviews
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
7% Negative
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75
A thought-provoking and graceful portrait of a tenacious peace warrior whose frankness is his greatest weapon.
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70
Unfortunately, Rae's film is split down the middle, and the appeal of its latter half depends on your tolerance for earnest politico-poetry set to wailing rock guitar and Native American chants and extraneously endorsed by celebrity talking heads. The backstory portion of the film, though, is riveting.
By Mark Holcomb FULL REVIEW
60
No one in the film has a bad word to say about Mr. Trudell, despite his 17,000-page F.B.I. dossier; and by the time Robert Redford assures us that meeting him is not dissimilar to meeting the Dalai Lama, you may feel that all this worship does not do justice to an unusually stormy and complicated life.
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50
Feels padded in some places, truncated in others. It also feels too respectful, especially when its subject is such a deep thinker and questioner of authority.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
50
Rae does offer a riveting introduction to the American Indian civil rights movement.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
40
How could a movie about someone with one of the nation's longest FBI files be this dull?
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25
Politics aside, Trudell plays like an infomercial for its subject rather than a serious examination of the man and his beliefs.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Appaloosa Pictures
Release Date Feb 24, 2006
Duration 1 h 19 m
Rating PG
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Tagline A man, a manifesto and a message you won't soon forget.
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Awards

American Indian Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Seattle International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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