500 Nations
by Jack Leustig
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Actor: Edward James Olmos, Kevin Costner, Patrick Stewart, Wes StudiDirector: Jack Leustig
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Kevin Costner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 374 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- 500 Nations is an eight-part documentary that explores the history of the indigenous peoples of North and Central America, from pre-Colombian times through the period of European contact and colonization, to the end of the 19th century and the subjugation of the Plains Indians of North America. 500 Nations utilizes historical texts, eyewitness accounts, pictorial sources and computer graphic recon
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DVD Review: Depressing
Summary: 3 Stars
I give this set 3 stars for the immense effort obviously poured into the production of it.
Judging from the title, I was hoping to learn about the culture, history, and present-day lives of the "500 Nations". Unfortunately, what I got was hours upon hours of nothing but immoral killing. It's nothing but native tribes being attacked, enslaved, and destroyed by European explorers and "conquistadors". It was so depressing.
This is definitely not what I learned in school. As a product of the government-run public schools, I learned that American history started with Columbus' "discovery" and that there were very few native people already here, and they seemingly only existed to assist the pilgrims upon their landing and to help them get established in the "new world". If nothing else, this DVD set is worth watching just so you learn history the way it probably really happened. I say "probably" because let's face it, if you weren't there, then you don't really know exactly what happened. If things really did happen the way this DVD sets it out, then it is appalling, outrageous, and heartbreaking. Shameful beyond words.
I don't really believe that the natives existed in an idyllic euphoria before the arrival of the Europeans. They knew pride, greed, war, and ego...but there is no way they could have fathomed the average white person's capacity of these character flaws.
Worth watching once, but I would have preferred to learn more about the culture of the tribes and their lives today. Another thing that bugged me is that it all seemed very one-sided...there is not much mention of the dark religious rituals and practices some of the tribes engaged in...no mention of the fact that many of them were pagan idolaters. The Aztecs participated in human sacrifice and sometimes even cannibalism. Check out the "sun dance" practiced by the Plains tribes (self-mutilation). The Native Americans are painted as utterly innocent until their utopian lives were destroyed by the evil Europeans.
The ironic thing is, most of us were taught the sort of American History that white-washes the facts in favor of the Europeans...this DVD sets out to white-wash American History in favor of the Native Americans. Obviously, this shouldn't be the *only* documentary you watch on this subject, if you wish to gain a well-rounded education about American history.
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