the other. These films explain how the colonists really never had any sense of nationalism until the first shots of revolt are fired. The film does explain how the attitudes began to change and how some of the things the English did actually contributed to the Americans ability to separate from their parent country. The colonies were whiny children of an uncaring parent. Africans in the Americas and The Revolution and the Iroquois Confederacy were probably the only films that focused towards the emotions. These two films I believe touch more on what happens personally to the Africans and to the Indians and gets more involved into how it effects them personally. The Revolution and the Iroquois Confederacy explains how the Revolution encouraging the Iroquois people to fight on both sides resulted in brother fighting brother. The Iroquois people had begun to fight their own civil war without a cause to try and help their neighbors. What really grabs your emotions however is the fact that nothing was ever done to help the Indians, especially those that fought on the side of the Americans. Instead of being thanked, they are ignored and exploited by those they had helped. It seems to be that there is even less of a possibility of the American Indians being able to coexist with the white man than there is of the colonists becoming English gentlemen. In the Africans in the Americas film your emotions are touched by the history being told as a personal account of one mans life and the ordeals he must overcome to succeed in his goals due to the situation with which he was dealt. In between accounts of what is going on in his particular life the film maker keeps the viewer informed of what is going on in the rest of the world in relation to what is happening in this case Venture’s life. Washington; the Man Who not Be King and Jefferson; A View from the Mountain were films that focused on the intellect, although I felt that the J...
