Jan 15, 2025 · Members of the Mormon community shared their thoughts on the new historical drama American Primeval. Centered around the Utah War of 1857, the hit new Netflix mini-series transports viewers back in time to an oft-forgotten moment in American History when the Mormon church feuded with not only local indigenous groups by the U.S. government itself.

Jan 10, 2025 · In the show the Mormon attackers let a group of women live, and give them to their Native American collaborators as captives; historically, no women were allowed to escape the violence ...

Jan 25, 2025 · Bullets fly and arrows whiz amid screams of agony during the chaos that is the “American Primeval” treatment of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a merciless attack carried …

Jan 28, 2025 · Netflix series American Primeval has come under fire from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-say Saints (LDS), which has branded the show "dangerously misleading."

The portrayal in American Primeval of Mormon settlers as violent expansionists is a significant distortion of their actual methods of settlement and governance. Why It Matters: This portrayal promotes a false narrative that early Mormon settlers sought dominance through violence, ignoring the broader historical context of their migration and ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Kim Coates is shown playing Brigham Young, the Latter-day Saint leader attempting to protect his people during the Utah War, in the new fictionalized Netflix series "American Primeval." The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has called the series "dangerously misleading."

1 day ago · On January 24, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormon Church, penned a statement condemning the Netflix series American Primeval. This ...

Jan 17, 2025 · (RNS) — The show's depiction of hood-wearing, sinister Mormons slaughtering emigrants, US Army troops and Shoshone people all within a few days is a sensationalized fabrication intended to ...

Jan 13, 2025 · Culture, religion, and community all collide in the limited series American Primeval, a harrowing dramatization of the deadly clash between Natives, pioneers, Mormon soldiers, and the US government in 1857. Helmed by director and executive producer Pete Berg, writer and executive producer Mark L. Smith, and executive producer Eric Newman, the series — which is now streaming on Netflix ...

Jan 13, 2025 · Director Peter Berg told Tudum in January 2025 that he was inspired to make American Primeval after reading about the Utah War, a confrontation between the Mormon people and the U.S....