Summary
Kevin Costner hosts this thrilling chronicle that details the story of America's original inhabitants, honoring their place and importance in this powerful epic event.
Contents
disc 1: prologue. Wounded Knee legacy. episode 1. The ancestors, early cultures of North America. episode 2. Mexico, the rise and fall of the Aztecsdisc 2: episode 3. Clash of cultures, the people who met Columbus. episode 4. Invasion of the coast, the first English settlements
disc 3: episode 5. Cauldron war, Iroquois democracy and the American Revolution. episode 6. Removal, war and exile in the East
disc 4: episode 7. Roads across the Plains, struggle for the West. episode 8. Attack on culture, "I will fight no more forever". Special features: New series introduction and closing remarks by Kevin Costner
CGI insight with director Jack Leustig
Bonus CD-ROM disc of extensive archival and making-of material.
Additional Information
Subjects |
Indians of North America
-- History.
Indians of Central America -- History. Documentary television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Publisher | Burbank, CA :Warner Home Video,2004 |
Edition | Full screen. |
Other Titles | 500 nations (Television program) Five hundred nations |
Contributors |
Leustig, Jack.
Tornberg, Ralph. Eichniger, Bernd. Sonne, Lisa. Grossman, Roberta. Wilson, Jim. Costner, Kevin. Harrison, Gregory, 1950- Schweig, Eric, 1967- Tootoosis, Gordon. Studi, Wes. Guerra, Castulo. Plana, Tony, 1952- Olmos, Edward James. Stewart, Patrick, 1940- Farmer, Gary, 1953- Jackson, Tom, 1948- Cardinal, Tantoo. Basco, Dante, 1975- Wolfchild, Sheldon. Bottoms, Timothy, 1949- Horse, Michael. Greene, Graham, 1952- Westerman, Floyd Red Crow, 1936-2007. Madigan, Amy. Salsedo, Frank. Smith, Kurtwood, 1943- Taylor, Dyanna. Crutcher, Susan. Blue, Rick. Burcksen, Edgar. Tig Productions. RCS Films & TV. Majestic Films and Television International. Warner Home Video (Firm) |
Participants/Performers |
Host, Kevin Costner ; narrator, Gregory Harrison. Eric Schweig, Gordon Tootoosis, Wes Studi, Castulo Guerra, Tony Plana, Edward James Olmos, Patrick Stewart, Gary Farmer, Tom Jackson, Tantoo Cardinal, Dante Basco, Sheldon Wolfchild, Tim Bottoms, Michael Horse, Graham Greene, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Amy Madigan, Frank Salsedo, Kurtwood Smith. |
Other Contributors |
Directors of photography, Dyanna Taylor ... [et al.] ; editors, Susan Crutcher, Rick Blue, Edgar Burcksen. |
Audience |
TV parental guidelines rating: Not rated; Canadian home video rating: Rating pending. |
Language |
English French Spanish English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
Notes |
Documentary. Title from container. Program content: c1995. |
System Details |
DVD; Region 1; full screen presentation; Dolby digital stereo. |
Description |
4 videodiscs (6 hr., 12 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 booklet (1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm) |
ISBN | 0790798832 9780790798837 |
Other | Classic View |