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Re: Saints & Strangers (NGC)
@MsStretch wrote:
Funny, but every time I saw Massasoit played by Raoul Trujillo, I kept flashing on Wes Studi as Magua in Last of the Mohicans.
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Interesting comparison! Wes Studi is a full-blooded Cherokee. Raoul Trujillo has a fascinating background (from IMDB): IMDB: Raoul Trujillo. An excerpt:
"Raoul Max Trujillo, aka Raoul Maximiano Trujillo de Chauvelon was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a mixed blood descendant of Apache,Comanche, Pueblo, Tlascalan, French-Canadian, Sephardic Jew and Andalusian Moor. After high school, he spent three years serving in the military in Germany. After his discharge, he worked as an alpine ski instructor in Taos, New Mexico. .."
He then got into the theater and became a professional dancer, and began incorporating Native American culture into it.
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@gatorgorilla wrote:I watched the 2-hour American Experience program, "Pilgrims", last night on PBS. I thought it was excellent, particularly when we heard the Native American perspective from Native Americans themselves, as historians. It was an eye-opener - certainly not the "Pilgrim" story I learned back in grade school!
Dammit, I missed it. On Demand, here I come.
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@MsStretch wrote:Saints & Strangers
is a 2-night movie event about the first Thanksgiving and the struggles between the settlers and Indians which premieres tonight at 9/8C on the National Geographic Channel
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Looks promising, so I'm definitely tuning in.
@MsStretch - Thanks for bringing this movie to our attention - I was happy to have something new to watch! I saw both parts last night - found the production interesting, but I wasn't riveted to TV screen, as I can be with some shows.
You seemed so enthused about this movie, MsStretch, so am wondering: what did you think of it? Was it all you had hoped for?
And btw, Happy Thanksgiving wishes to you & all the other posters here! Pam
Yes, I agree. I was not riveted to the TV screen lest I miss something, but I did enjoy it. And I know it is TV, but everyone seemed a little too 'pretty' considering the hardships (but of course, you can't have ugly, ravaged, filthy characters on family television).
Funny, but every time I saw Massasoit played by Raoul Trujillo, I kept flashing on Wes Studi as Magua in Last of the Mohicans.
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@gatorgorilla wrote:I watched the 2-hour American Experience program, "Pilgrims", last night on PBS. I thought it was excellent, particularly when we heard the Native American perspective from Native Americans themselves, as historians. It was an eye-opener - certainly not the "Pilgrim" story I learned back in grade school!
I wish I'd stayed awake thru it! Also as a comparison to "Saints & Sinners"!
Can you share a little more about it?
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I watched the 2-hour American Experience program, "Pilgrims", last night on PBS. I thought it was excellent, particularly when we heard the Native American perspective from Native Americans themselves, as historians. It was an eye-opener - certainly not the "Pilgrim" story I learned back in grade school!
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@MsStretch wrote:Saints & Strangers
is a 2-night movie event about the first Thanksgiving and the struggles between the settlers and Indians which premieres tonight at 9/8C on the National Geographic Channel
.
Looks promising, so I'm definitely tuning in.
@MsStretch - Thanks for bringing this movie to our attention - I was happy to have something new to watch! I saw both parts last night - found the production interesting, but I wasn't riveted to TV screen, as I can be with some shows.
You seemed so enthused about this movie, MsStretch, so am wondering: what did you think of it? Was it all you had hoped for?
And btw, Happy Thanksgiving wishes to you & all the other posters here! Pam
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I watched part of the 2 back-to-back episodes last night, but I found that the English subtitles when the native Americans spoke, were difficult to read. You'd think that they'd have found a way technically, to have the print in a color with the most contrast to the background .. but they don't. So the writing is in white .. which is fine for a dark background, but not if the scene changes to a light background. I also found it smallish. After a while, my eyes felt too strained to watch. This might be something better watched up close on the computer.
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I'm definitely enjoying watching Vincent Kartheiser as William Bradford, after watching him for so many years as the insipid-looking Pete Campbell on "Mad Men".
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@MsStretch wrote:Saints & Strangers
is a 2-night movie event about the first Thanksgiving and the struggles between the settlers and Indians which premieres tonight at 9/8C on the National Geographic Channel
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Looks promising, so I'm definitely tuning in.
Thanks for posting about this event, MsStretch. I was totally unaware of it & I'd like to take a look.
Sunday night I was busy watching Walking Dead & Talking Dead on AMC. Hope to catch "Saints & Sinners" when it is repeated Monday night, or maybe it will be available "On Demand".
On Tuesday night, on PBS, "American Experience" will present a new 2-hr episode, "The Pilgrims", which also will touch on first Thanksgiving, I believe.