500 Nations (1995)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series covers the history of Native American peoples in North and Central America from before European contact through the 1800s. It presents events using text, historical accounts, pictures, and computer images.

informativehistoricalcontemplativesoberingeducationalepisodicseriousslow-paced

What happens

500 Nations is an eight-part American documentary television series that was aired on CBS in 1995 about the Native Americans of North and Central America. It documents events from the Pre-Columbian era to the end of the 19th century. Much of the information comes from text, eyewitnesses, pictorials, and computer graphics. The series was hosted by Kevin Costner, narrated by Gregory Harrison, and directed by Jack Leustig. It included the voice talents of Eric Schweig, Gordon Tootoosis, Wes Studi, Cástulo Guerra, Tony Plana, Edward James Olmos, Patrick Stewart, Gary Farmer, Tom Jackson, Tantoo Cardinal, Dante Basco, Sheldon Peters Wolfchild, Tim Bottoms, Michael Horse, Graham Greene, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Amy Madigan, Frank Salsedo, and Kurtwood Smith. The series was written by Jack Leustig, Roberta Grossman, Lee Miller (head of research), and W. T. Morgan, with John M. D. Pohl. The documentary series is based on the eponymous 480-page book by Alvin M. Josephy Jr., published in 1994. The documentary re-aired on Discovery Times in 2006. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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