Battle of Little Bighorn (2020) YTS

Reviewed by Peter McGinn 8 / 10

This is an earnest attempt to tell the

This is an earnest attempt to tell the true story of the Battle of Little Bighorn, popularly known as Custer’s Last Stand, and known to the native Americans as the battle of the greasy grass, their geographical term for the battle site. Like with the story of the Alamo, another huge miscalculation by defeated leaders in history, this battle was subsequently heavily mythologized and turned into a heroic and tragic story of a pivotal moment in U.S military history. This short documentary serves as a brief and accurate introduction to the incident for those who aren’t familiar with it, as well as those who perhaps only think they are, but there was little new information for me as I have read and watched a lot about Little Bighorn through the years. There is an interesting segment about the drawings of a surviving Native American named Red Horse. He drew them five years after the battle — not for money or notoriety but for a collector friend and as a tribute to his fallen comrades. Simplistic in style, they are considered to be an accurate portrayal of the battle. The fact that there is no apparent depiction of General Custer himself is a good indication the artist was not using the drawings to make money as many others were doing, including Buffalo Bill Cody with his Wild West show. This website lists one streaming site where this documentary can be viewed, but at this writing I found it on the National Geographic channel via Paramount +.

Reviewed by trey-yancy-572-763547 4 / 10

PhD project

This is obviously a doctoral project for the producer, who is seen on camera in the guise of an expert historian and identified as a "PhD candidate". There are gaps and holes and misinterpretations. The demonization of native Americans by politicians, the press, the pulpit and elsewhere are not given much attention. There is little prehistory, such as the actions of Jefferson, Monroe and others. Nothing is said of suc false heroes as Kit Carson. The reenactments are good and, fortunately, not repeated over and over like some documentaries. Overall, it comes off as a suburban white kid's view of history. Honestly, it takes more than three years in graduate school to develop a deep understanding of the subject. There are far better documentaries are out there.

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Battle of Little Bighorn

2020

Action / Biography / Documentary / History / War / Western

Battle of Little Bighorn

2020

Action / Biography / Documentary / History / War / Western

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