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Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae (2024)
The documentary explores the life and tragic murder of Annie Mae Aquash, a Mi'kmaq woman from Nova Scotia, Canada, whose death in the 1970s remained unsolved for nearly 30 years.
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Tue, Nov 26, 2024
Country: US
Language: En
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Country: US
Language: En
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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.
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.
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.
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.