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The animated tale was both controversial and an Oscar-winning box office hit. It’s also one of the rare films from that era that the company isn’t eager to remake.
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Despite her short life, Pocahontas was a key figure in the beginnings of English America. Here's what to know about her story.
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, explore the popular story of how Pocahontas, a young Native American, fell in love with John Smith, an English colonist. When Smith was captured ...
Pocahontas might be a household name, but the true story of her short, powerful life is buried in myths that have persisted since the 17th century. First, Pocahontas wasn’t her actual name.
Rather than pointing Pocahontas out as the strongliest of strong women, she is just one in a huge line of increasingly more assertive and inspirational women that Disney has been churning out.
Malick tells the story of Pocahontas, and the film's central insight, which is never overtly stated, is that she, even more than the colonists, was in a very real sense the first American.
Actor Edward Norton had grown up hearing tales of his family's relation to Native American heroine Pocahontas and had treated it as a longstanding rumour.
President Trump's referring to Senator Warren as "Pocahontas" is part of a long history of using the real girl as a stand-in for her people.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren defended her claims of Native American heritage and responded to the nickname President Donald Trump uses to refer to her – “Pocahontas” – in a surprise ...