<I>I Will Fight No More Forever</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1975
name: label: Directed by
content: Richard T. Heffron, American, 1930 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Nez Perce Tribe
label: Subject of
content: Chief Joseph, 1840 - 1904
label: Subject of
content: Oliver Otis Howard, American, 1830 - 1909
label: Subject of
content: Charles Erskine Scott Wood, American, 1852 - 1944
label: Subject of
content: James Whitmore, American, 1921 - 2009
label: Subject of
content: Sam Elliott, American, born 1944
label: Subject of
content: Ned Romero, American, 1926 - 2017
label: Subject of
content: Linda Redfearn, American, 1939 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Emilio Delgado, American, born 1940
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A feature film with the title I Will Fight No More Forever. It consists of four (4) reels of color 16mm acetate and polyester films with optical sound. Based on a true story, the film chronicles the experiences of Chief Joseph (Ned Romero), a leader of the indigenous Nez Perce band whose resistance to the US government's attempts to forcibly remove them from their land and relocate them to a reservation catches the attention of General Oliver O. Howard (James Whitmore).
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Idaho, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Oregon, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Salmon River, Idaho, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
label: Topic
content: Western films
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.107.1a-d
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: (a) acetate film and polyester film,
label: Medium
content: (b-d) acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 26 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 950 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 26 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 950 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 3): 22 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 775 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 4): 25 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 900 Feet