The Way West

Name: The Way West
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1995-05-08
Duration: 6 h
Rating: 8.2

TV Movie
1995
6h

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

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Documentary

Chronicles the way the West was lost and won between 1845 and 1893. It looks at the final decades of the American frontier from the time of the Gold Rush until after the last gasp of the Ind... Read allChronicles the way the West was lost and won between 1845 and 1893. It looks at the final decades of the American frontier from the time of the Gold Rush until after the last gasp of the Indian wars at Wounded Knee.Chronicles the way the West was lost and won between 1845 and 1893. It looks at the final decades of the American frontier from the time of the Gold Rush until after the last gasp of the Indian wars at Wounded Knee.

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8.2/10

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Ric Burns Leaves His Brother In The Dirt With This Documentary ...

While I love the Ken Burns documentaries and have gotten so much from them, they are far more mainstream and edited to be more palatable to over-sensitive American feelings.

Ric Burns' documentary "The Way West" is brilliant and almost terrifying in its revelation of how sheltered we are from real history.

This is one of the best documentaries I've ever watch, and I even bought it - and it was hard to find too.

Notice there are no reviews of this - besides mine today. That is an outrage. I've never seen it broadcast except once, and that was probably due to its being confused with his bother's documentary.

Americans need to open their eyes, and have the guts to seek out, learn, accept and integrate our history - the good and the bad.