On Sacred Ground

Overview

Based on the true events during the 2016 construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota on land that is owned by the Lakota “Sioux” Tribe. The film follows Daniel, a journalist and Afghanistan War military veteran, and Elliot, an oil company executive, who find themselves on opposite sides of the fight during the construction of the contentious pipeline.

Directed by Josh Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell

Top cast

William Mapother

Daniel McKinney

Amy Smart

Julie

David Arquette

Elliot

Frances Fisher

Ricky

Kerry Knuppe

Mika

Irene Bedard

Mary Singing Crow

Mariel Hemingway

Marion

David Midthunder

Terry

C

Che Jim

Akicita

Rebecca Harrell Tickell

Sam (as Rebecca Tickell)

KateLynn E. Newberry

Shelley

Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas

Chief Dancing Falcon

Peter Lawson Jones

Doug

Layla Cushman

Faith

Zach Meiser

Patch

Kevin McClatchy

Kenneth

P

Paul Worley

Diner

Aqeel Ash-Shakoor

Frank

Edwin Modlin II

Major Levy

Anita Farmer Bergman

Water Protector

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