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2024 Documentary Crime

Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

This true crime docuseries examines the murder of Annie Mae Aquash – a Mi'kmaq woman from Nova Scotia, Canada, a mother of two daughters, a teacher, and a revolutionary who fought for Indigenous rights in the 1970s whose death went unsolved for almost 30 years.

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Principal Cast

Denise Pictou-Maloney

Self - Annie Mae's Daughter

Mary Lafford

Self - Annie Mae's Sister

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

Jake Maloney

Self - Annie Mae's Ex-Husband

Doug George-Kanentiio

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

Patricia Landry

Self - Founding Member 1970, Boston Indian Council

Clyde Bellecourt

Self - AIM Co-Founder

Richard Two Elk

Self - AIM Activist

Margo Thunderbird

Self - Annie Mae's Friend

Bruce Ellison

Self - Lawyer, Indigenous Activists

Dennis Banks

Self - AIM Co-Founder (archive footage)

John Trudell

Self - AIM National Chairman (archive footage)

Russell Means

Self - AIM Leader (archive footage)

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