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2011 · Movie · 1h 24m

Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White

The story of Douglas White, an 89-year-old Lakota Sioux medicine man from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, who spent 17 years in federal prison for a crime he did not commit. During the making of this film, filmmakers uncovered new evidence of White’s “actual innocence” and brought the case back to federal court.

My take

A gripping true crime investigation that becomes a redemption story. Watch as filmmakers uncover evidence that could free a 89-year-old Lakota medicine man wrongly imprisoned for 17 years, sparking a fight for justice that will stay with you long after.

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Cast

Russell MeansFloyd 'Red Crow' WestermanMartin Sheen

Director

Jennifer Jessum

If tonight is a Holy Man: The USA vs. Douglas White night…

…these live in the same corner of my head.

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Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.