The Mountain Meadows Massacre (documentary)
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The Mountain Meadows Massacre is a 2001 documentary film
about the Mountain Meadows massacre
. It was directed by Eric Young and distributed through The Studio, Inc.
It relies mainly on the research of Juanita Brooks
, which is found in her book The Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about the Mountain Meadows massacre
Mountain Meadows massacre
The Mountain Meadows massacre was a series of attacks on the Baker–Fancher emigrant wagon train, at Mountain Meadows in southern Utah. The attacks culminated on September 11, 1857 in the mass slaughter of the emigrant party by the Iron County district of the Utah Territorial Militia and some local...
. It was directed by Eric Young and distributed through The Studio, Inc.
Synopsis
The documentary includes interviews with historians, reenactments, and photographs to help tell all sides of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.It relies mainly on the research of Juanita Brooks
Juanita Brooks
Juanita Pulsipher Brooks was an American historian and author, specializing in the American West and Mormon history, including books related to the Mountain Meadows massacre, to which her ancestor Dudley Leavitt was sometimes linked.-Biography:Born Juanita Leone Leavitt, Brooks was born and raised...
, which is found in her book The Mountain Meadows Massacre.