Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

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  1. Americanize You

  52m

  In 1972 Mi'kmaq Annie Mae Pictou Aquash answers a call by the American Indian Movement (AIM) to go to Washington to force the government to honor its treaty obligations with Indigenous people. Tensions rise, and the activists make a disturbing discovery.

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  2. Wounded Knee 1973

  54m

  Annie Mae risks her life to join a dangerous occupation in South Dakota. The Movement is embraced by Hollywood, the government secretly infiltrates AIM at the highest levels, and Annie Mae makes a dangerous decision in her personal life.

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  3. Exposure

  52m

  A clash between the FBI and AIM proves deadly. Annie Mae makes a secret pact with a close friend before going on the run with a group of fugitives, and then disappears. A body is discovered a short while later in the Badlands.

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  4. A Cry for Justice

  53m

  After a strange incident, the first Indigenous U.S. Marshall investigates Annie Mae's fate. Evidence leads to three surprising names. Investigators struggle to find enough evidence to go to trial but then someone comes forward and agrees to wear a wire.

Cast

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Denise Pictou-Maloney

Self - Annie Mae's Daughter

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Mary Lafford

Self - Annie Mae's Sister

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Paul DeMain

Self - Former Editor, News from Indian Country

Joy Harjo

Self - 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate

Stonehorse Lone Goeman

Self - Annie Mae's Friend

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Jake Maloney

Self - Annie Mae's Ex-Husband

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Doug George-Kanentiio

Self - Former Editor, Akwesasne Notes (as Doug George)

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Patricia Landry

Self - Founding Member 1970, Boston Indian Council

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Clyde Bellecourt

Self - AIM Co-Founder

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Richard Two Elk

Self - AIM Activist

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Margo Thunderbird

Self - Annie Mae's Friend

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Bruce Ellison

Self - Lawyer, Indigenous Activists