Documentary ·TV Movie · United States of America · 1992 · 1h 53m

Surviving Columbus

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Director

Cast

Conroy Chino as Self - Acoma Pueblo / Narrator (voice) Myrna Chino as Self - Acoma Pueblo Alfonso Ortiz as Self - Anthropologist Rina Swentzell as Self - Santa Clara Pueblo Simon Ortiz as Self - Acoma Pueblo Dave Warren as Self - Santa Clara Pueblo

Crew

Douglas Crawford — Director of Photography Dale Kruzic — Editor Chris Purrington — Original Music Composer Larry Walsh — Writer Larry Walsh — Producer Edmund J. Ladd — Producer

Synopsis

This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.

Mood & Themes

indigenous religious conversion native american navajo catholic residential school indigenous community spanish inquisition colonization christian missionary hispanic monarchy (spanish empire)indigenous women

Key Collaborators

Diane Reyna Director Douglas Crawford Director of Photography Dale Kruzic Editor Chris Purrington Original Music Composer Larry Walsh Writer Larry Walsh Producer Edmund J. Ladd Producer

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