- Directed by
- Heffron, Richard T., American, 1930 - 2007
- Subject of
- Nez Perce Tribe
- Chief Joseph, 1840 - 1904
- Howard, Oliver Otis, American, 1830 - 1909
- Wood, Charles Erskine Scott, American, 1852 - 1944
- Whitmore, James, American, 1921 - 2009
- Elliott, Sam, American, born 1944
- Romero, Ned, American, 1926 - 2017
- Redfearn, Linda, American, 1939 - 2014
- Delgado, Emilio, American, born 1940
- Owned by
- D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
- Date
- 1975
- Medium
- (a) acetate film and polyester film,
- (b-d) acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration (Reel 1): 26 Minutes
- Length (Film): 950 Feet
- Duration (Reel 2): 26 Minutes
- Length (Film): 950 Feet
- Duration (Reel 3): 22 Minutes
- Length (Film): 775 Feet
- Duration (Reel 4): 25 Minutes
- Length (Film): 900 Feet
- Caption
- 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.
- Description
- 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 used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Idaho, United States, North and Central America
- Oregon, United States, North and Central America
- Salmon River, Idaho, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- DC Public Library Film Collection
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Type
- sound films
- color films (visual works)
- feature films
- 16mm (photographic film size)
- Topic
- Actors
- American West
- Film
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 1865-1921
- Western films
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2017.55.107.1a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




