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500 Nations

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1995
  • 6h 14m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
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500 Nations (1995)
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An exploration of the various Native American nations and their fall to the European conquerors.An exploration of the various Native American nations and their fall to the European conquerors.An exploration of the various Native American nations and their fall to the European conquerors.

  • Stars
    • Kevin Costner
    • Gregory Harrison
    • Eric Schweig
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    578
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    • Stars
      • Kevin Costner
      • Gregory Harrison
      • Eric Schweig
    • 13User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    10/10

    A most excellently researched documentary on Native North American Culture

    Well, I certainly was NEVER bored with this documentary. 500 Nations brings a lot of emotion to the surface. It is an honestly presented, and meticulously research history of the native cultures of North America, and the effect upon them of the invasion of the white Europeans. When I say "honest", it is disturbing at times, and parents should be warned that, while accurate historically, it also pulls no punches in showing the highly organized and cultured tribes of the Americas being brutalized by ignorant european invaders. You can also sense that the white europeans would have been so much better off, had they truly wished to live with the Nations as brothers instead of conquerers. Our society is less today than it might have been, had the europeans brought more to the relationship that genocide, destruction, and disease to the Nations. IMHO, the best documentary on some of the Nations who called North America their home, long before Vespucci decided to give the land his name.
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    • Nov 4, 2003
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    • Release date
      • April 20, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 500 Nations - Die Geschichte der Indianer
    • Production companies
      • Santa Barbara Studios
      • Tig Productions
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      6 hours 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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