Marlon Brando's Best Actor Oscar win for "The Godfather" | Sacheen Littlefeather
- Title
- Marlon Brando's Best Actor Oscar win for "The Godfather" | Sacheen Littlefeather
- Subject
- Sacheen Littlefeather; Academy Awards; Activism
- Description
- This item is a video of Sacheen Littlefeather refusing the Academy Award for Best Actor on behalf of Marlon Brando. The transcript of the video is included below:
SL: Hello. My name is Sacheen Littlefeather. I'm Apache and I am president of the National Native American Affirmative Image Committee. I'm representing Marlon Brando this evening and he has asked me to tell you in a very long speech, which I cannot share with you presently because of time but I will be glad to share with the press afterwards, that he very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award. And the reasons for this being are the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry – excuse me – and on television in movie reruns, and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee. I beg at this time that I have not intruded upon this evening and that we will in the future, our hearts and our understandings will meet with love and generosity. Thank you on behalf of Marlon Brando. - Publisher
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- Date
- March 27, 1973
- Contributor
- Joella Shearer
- Rights
- © Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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“Marlon Brando's Best Actor Oscar win for "The Godfather" | Sacheen Littlefeather,” Excavating Histories: Archival Research Methods, accessed April 25, 2026, https://archive.engl.sites.carleton.edu/items/show/12.