The Finicum Family and Center for Self Goverance are proud announce the completion of LaVoy: Dead Man Talking.
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LaVoy: Dead Man Talking will draw you into the tale of a dreamy life and epic death of one of the last Wild West American cowboys—LaVoy Finicum. Regardless of which political side you fall on, his story is so compelling, tragic, and iconic.  

The raw nature of this film is the deep desire to strike a balance between learning from and educating about these real life stories, while neither vilifying nor vindicating LaVoy's decisions and actions leading up to his death. And while his freedom of conscience is deeply sacred, both the LaVoy Finicum family and the film's producers recognize and understand that to neglect the study of political strategy would be a travesty to future preservation of life, liberty, and property.

This story needs to be told in its entirety, void of misrepresentations. We are seeing this film inspire more of today's culture to ask hard questions of itself with the intent to seek difficult-to-find answers. This Cowboy's story will stir within the soul of each viewer a need to embark on the challenging endeavor to discover the delicate line that separates preserving and losing life, liberty, and property.

THIS IS ABOUT SO MUCH MORE THEN JUST COWS!

The iconic Wild West, cows & cowboys way of life are giving way to the 21st century. In a world of city life and virtual existence, it is difficult to empathize with the mosaic of an open range, spotted with cows, a cowboy and his dog, moving the herd, day to day, from sunup to sundown.  

LaVoy said, “I’m just a redneck doing the right thing… was never one to poke people in the eye or cause trouble. I always stood in line, rose my hand, and never had a parking violation.” LaVoy definitely does not fit the description of 'loose cannon' or 'hothead'. Interviews with his family and footage from his own homemade videos bear witness that he was more family man and ranching cowboy, than closet criminal.

So what changed in LaVoy’s life, why did he go to the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in 2016?  Why, on his way to a meeting in John Day, did he end up stepping out of his truck into a hail of bullets? In answering these questions we reviewed his personal footage, interviewed his family, and those associated with him in Oregon to discover the motivations, frustrations, and resolve that prompted his fateful decisions. This is all captured in the film.

You will be shocked by his own words and actions when compared to the picture painted by the media and cemented into the collective memory of the American mind. Our film gives LaVoy Finicum the opportunity he never got—to tell, in his own words, how he came to his final decision on January 26, 2016.

THE FINAL VERDICT

Everyone who was there with LaVoy on that fateful day, was acquitted in an Oregon Federal Court. This film gives the dead man his day in court, and you are the jury—hearing his side for the first time.  

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This film is momentous and historic. With your help, together we can continue LaVoy’s mission of educating the American people, help correct the distorted image of the Finicum family’s husband and father, cultivate new alternative media, and promote positive change in the destiny of our communities.

We hope you will join us in this endeavor by HOSTING your gathered community to view this timeless documentary. You will also be privileged to hear from his wife Jeanette Finicum and the producer of the film Mark Herr, who is also co-founder and president of Center for Self Goverance.