Bibliograph

Geronimo and the Apache Resistance, a Peace River Films production for the American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Neil Goodwin

Type

Label

Geronimo and the Apache Resistance, a Peace River Films production for the American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Neil Goodwin

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA Rating: Not rated

Main title

Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

80020054

resource.otherEventInformation

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

Responsibility statement

a Peace River Films production for the American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; produced and directed by Neil Goodwin

Runtime

Series statement

WGBY DVD Collection

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

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Separating myth from reality -- New presence in Apache country -- Fight when you've got the strength -- Proud people

Technique

live action

Classification