Hows the Leonard Peltier story coming?
I’m still working on it. Leonard’s story is the most important Indian story of the twentieth century because Leonard knows that it’s about the continuing dysfunctional relationship between Indians and the white culture. It’s about this man caught up in a wheel and becomes a focal point–he’s the most important Indian figure of the twentieth century not for what he did, but for what happened to him. I don’t know another who’s summed up the Indian experience as well as he did–embodied the continuing struggle. It’s not my struggle, but it could have been my struggle. Is Leonard keeping his sense of humour? Oh hell yeah, (laughs) he’s teasin’ ya. The best thing about him is his sense of humour. People say they don’t know when I’m teasin’ or not, but I don’t even know when Leonard’s teasing. You know his heart is always in a good place and when he says something a little strange you know he must be screwin’ with you a little. Skins is now playing in theatres across the United States.
