Sacheen Littlefeather Reads Marlon Brando’s Full 1973 Oscars® Speech

Sacheen Littlefeather recites the full acceptance speech that Marlon Brando intended for her to deliver on his behalf at the 1973 Academy Awards®. Brando asked Littlefeather to decline his Best Actor award in protest of the treatment of Native Americans in the entertainment industry and to bring attention to the AIM demonstrations at Wounded Knee. This recording is the first time the full speech has been read by Littlefeather for the Academy.
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[@raellmoreland2373]

The way she recited his whole speech was something else, I mean it has been 44 years but just astounding to hear all that

[@aresef]

If only she had been allowed to deliver this speech then.

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

If only millions could hear it on national tv today. We're still waiting for colonial America to atone for her sins.

[@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism]

Thank you Sacheen and the late Marlon Brando.

[@darthkurland]

Marlon Brando (1924-2004).

[@numnumzole5018]

Love you sacheen ❤

[@paramveersingh9988]

Long overdue

[@saurabhkumarjain7]

When rebels were not glamorized, but on purpose with dignity & pride even if you are standing in front of the representation you dearly love & adore, you still did what you suppose is right in all the good intentions that can possibly be present in our worldly world. Thank you 🙏 so much for this piece of paragon human sacrifice, what we call as greater good. Hope as an Indian 🇮🇳 recognise this incredible gesture no matter what each one of us individually feels about the situation at that time on Academy stage. Man it's the Oscars...

[@guileniam]

Wish Marlon git to see this

[@darthkurland]

Brando died of some kind of lung disease in 2004 at age 80. At least his kids will be able to hear the entire speech for the first time.

[@saurabhkumarjain7]

It's the year 2022... (Later) Marlon Brando (a speech against violence) vs (earlier) Will Smith (a speech for justification of it). Redemption....

[@michaelcharlesthearchangel]

Hippocrates. They apologize to Sacheen while censoring this Native American writer.

[@guileniam]

What native American writer?

[@DivaDiamondDavenportMahogany]

@@guileniam i also wanna know.

[@alialamer1808]

First 👍🏻

[@blueplum143]

Thank you Sacheen!!