Record details

• ISBN: 0793670268
• ISBN: 9780793670260
• Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (450 min.) : sound., color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
• Publisher: Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ; c2009.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Disc 1 Episode 1: After the Mayflower -- Introduction -- First Thanksgiving -- The People of the First Light -- The Pilgrims -- An alliance -- Living together -- The great migration -- Dispossession -- King Philip's War -- The war's end -- Credits / produced by Sharon Grimberg, Cathleen O'Connell, Mark Zwonitzer ; co-producer and interview producer, Anne Makepeace ; story by Sharon Grimberg and Anne Makepeace ; telescript by Sharon Grimberg and Mark Zwonitzer ; directed by Chris Eyre ; (77 min.); Special features: ReelNative Films: Hill High Low / by Michael David Little -- A freeway Christmas / by Rebecca Nelson -- Untitled / by Courtney Leonard -- Hope for bigger than 16 seconds / by Keely Curliss (21 min.); PBS preview film [featurette] (26 min.); Behind the scenes [featurette] (8 min.); Native Now Films [featurette] (25 min.); We Shall Remain signature image [featurette] (3 min.); Tecumseh's vision: deleted scene [featurette] (5 min.); PDF guides [PDF files require a DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Acrobat]; PBS.org [text feature]; American Experience [text feature].

Disc 2 Episode 2: Tecumseh's vision -- Introduction -- "Here we shall remain" -- Uncertainty and betrayal -- Broken homes, broken communities -- The prophet's vision -- "Black Sun" -- The tribes unite -- Tecumseh and Harrison -- The Battle of Tippecanoe -- The War of 1812 -- The final betrayal -- Credits / written and produced by Ric Burns ; directed by Ric Burns and Chris Eyre (86 min.) -- Episode three: Trail of Tears -- Introduction -- A civilized life -- Among the white people -- Cherokee Nation on the rise -- "I ask you, shall Red Men live?" -- The scent of blood -- Two years to leave -- Trail of Tears -- New Cherokee Territory -- Credits / produced by Mark Zwonitzer and Rob Rapley ; recreations produced by Jennifer Pearce ; written by Mark Zwonitzer ; directed by Chris Eyre (75 min.); Special features: PBS.org [text feature]; American Experience [text feature].

Disc 3 Episode 4: Geronimo -- Introduction -- Surrounded by enemies -- Ravages of war -- Two years of peace -- Rejecting the reservation -- On the run -- The legend -- Prisoners of war -- Credits / written, produced and directed by Dustinn Craig and Sarah Colt (77 min.) -- Episode 5 Wounded Knee -- Introduction -- The takeover -- Day 2 -- Day 4 -- Day 6 -- The Independent Oglala Nation -- Standoff -- The end of the siege -- Aftermath -- Credits / written by Marcia Smith ; produced and directed by Stanley Nelson (79 min.); Special features: PBS.org [text feature]; American Experience [text feature].

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Principal photography, Paul Goldsmith ; additional photography by Brant Fagan, Stephen McCarthy, Allen Moore, Ken Willinger, Buddy Squires, Ramon Engle, Michael Chin, Dustinn Craig, Eddie Marritz; edited by John Chimples (After the Mayflower), Li-Shin Yu (Tecumseh's vision), Penny Elliott Hays (Trail of Tears), William A. Anderson (Geronimo), Aljernon Tunsil and Lillian Benson (Wounded Knee) ; music by John Kusiak.

Participant or Performer Note:

Re-enactors, After the Mayflower: Marcos Akiaten, Nicholas Irons, Annawon Weeden; Tecumseh's vision: Billy Merasty, Michael Greyeyes, Dwier Brown; Trail of Tears: Wes Studi, Freddy Douglas, Josh Blaylock, Will Finley, Wesley French, Carla-Rae Holland, Emily Podleski; narrator, Benjamin Bratt.

Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:

Originally broadcast on PBS as segments of The American Experience on March 31, April 17, April 27, May 4, and May 11, 2009.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

System Details Note:

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:

Includes public performance rights.

Language Note:

In English with some Nipmuc (Algonquian dialect) with occasional English subtitles; closed-captioned.

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Subject:

Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813.
Geronimo, 1829-1909.
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841.
American Indian Movement.
Indians of North America > History.
Indians of North America > Wars.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Whites > Relations with Indians.
Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)
Wampanoag Indians > History > 17th century.
King Philip's War, 1675-1676.
Trail of Tears, 1838-1839.
Cherokee Indians > History > 19th century.
Apache Indians > History > 19th century.
Oglala Indians > History > 20th century.
United States > History.
United States > History > War of 1812.
San Carlos Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
Wounded Knee (S.D.) > History > Indian occupation, 1973.

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