American experience. Geronimo and the Apache resistance / a Peace River Films production for the American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Neil Goodwin.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Goodwin, Neil., Producer, Director.

Peace River Films.

WGBH Educational Foundation, Production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geronimo, 1829-1909.

Geronimo.

Apache Indians--Wars, 1883-1886.

Apache Indians.

Chiricahua Indians.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (57 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Arlington, VA] : Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 1988.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Descendants of legendary Native American leader Geronimo tell the story of a half-century of war, displacement, confinement, and finally resistance that ended with the decimation of the Chiricahua Apaches and the loss of their traditional homeland in the Southwest. Geronimo is revealed as a shrewd leader, formidable fighter, and poetic shaman--dedicated to a crusade to keep his ancestral land, repeatedly defying and eluding federal authorities. When the government finally forced his surrender in 1886, the Apaches were prisoners, moved to reservations in Florida and later Oklahoma. Their homeland was never returned to them. The film tells an unpleasant story of cruelty, prejudice, and betrayal, and of a tragic collision of two civilizations, each with startlingly different views of one another.

Participant:

Series host, David McCullough ; narrator, Neil Goodwin ; commentators, Elbys Hugar, Berle Kanseah, Ruey Darrow, Mildred Cleghorn, Allan Houser, Melferd Yuzos Sr., Anita Lester, Josephine Lawhon, Narcissus Gayton, Kathleen Kanseah, Evelyn Gaines.

Notes:

Originally broadcast by PBS as an episode of the television series American experience on November 22, 1988.

Title from resource description page (viewed Jun. 17, 2014).

OCLC:

884830665