American Experience: Last Stand at Little Big Horn
by Rocky Collins, Matthew Collins (III)
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Actor: Marion RossDirector: Matthew Collins (III), Rocky Collins
Brand: Wgbh Wholesale
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS
Movie Reviews of American Experience: Last Stand at Little Big Horn
Movie Review: Well-balanced and well-produced
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered this DVD on 29 March and received it today, 1 April.
I am a big fan of PBS's The American Experience and this hour-long DVD is no exception. I have it shelved with my other Native American books and CDs.
You don't have to be a military history buff to benefit from this DVD. Photographs of railroad owners, European settlers and the push West for Manifest Destiny after the Civil War all accelerated the Indian Wars out West. For more settlers to come to the barren lands, the Indians had to be removed/exterminated/resettled elsewhere.
Live narration, however, is offered by the grandchildren of the Native survivors.
One sees how all those factors mentioned above came together at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Add a young, dashing Civil War hero to be in charge of this battle. Custer's biggest fault, besides his constant self-promotion through legends and tales, was his over-confidence in defeating the Lakota Sioux. (This over confidence was also evident in southern Civil War generals and Iraqi War strategists as well.)
One also learns how the Battle of Little Bighorn allowed Buffalo Bill (William Cody) to become successful with his Wild West Show, re-enacting the battle and the death of Custer over and over again. Again, the interconnection of Americana is one thing that makes this PBS series "The American Experience" so fascinating. Custer's wife Elizabeth died a wealthy woman herself in 1936, benefitting from the Custer legend long after he had died.
Scenes from then and now are presented, allowing the viewer to see the terrain as it was and how it is now. This is great knowledge for those wanting to travel to southeastern Montana to visit this sacred land.
One can not cover all the facts of Little Bighorn in one hour, but for a good overvue this DVD does not fail, and the viewer gets a good idea of what the American ideologies were back then.
The narration by Scott Momaday is excellent. His voice provides a neutral voice (no emotion) throughout the DVD.
Summary of American Experience: Last Stand at Little Big Horn
The Battle of Little Big Horn, known as ''Custer's Last Stand,'' has been one of the most frequently depicted moments in American history?and one of the least understood, still shrouded in myth.The battle has inspired over 1,000 different paintings and works of art, calendar displays, comic books and cereal boxes. The golden-haired general and his doomed 7th Cavalry have been wiped out by Indians in more than 40 films. Yet the battle that left no white survivors also left two very different accounts of Little Big Horn: one white; one Native. Using journals, oral accounts and Indian ledger drawings as well as archival and feature films, a Native American novelist, James Welch (Winter in the Blood, The Indian Lawyer) and a white filmmaker, Paul Stekler (Eyes on the Prize) combine talents to examine this watershed moment from two views: from that of the Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and Crow who lived on the Great Plains for generations; and from that of the white settlers who pushed west across the continent. Pulitzer Prize-winning Native American writer Scott Momaday narrates.
On one DVD5 disc. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: 4 x 3 full frame.
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