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Recommendations 61-65:

61. THE NEW WORLD (2005), dir. Terrence Malick

“ONCE DISCOVERED, IT WAS CHANGED FOREVER.

A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.”

Availability: Available for rental on GooglePlay, AppleTV, VUDU, Amazon, and YouTube.

62. MUDBOUND (2017), dir. Dee Rees

“In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.”

Availability: Available on Netflix.

63. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940), dir. John Ford

“THE JOADS STEP RIGHT OUT OF THE PAGES OF THE NOVEL THAT HAS SHOCKED MILLIONS! 

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life… Hopefully.”

Availability: Available for rental on GooglePlay, AppleTV, VUDU, Amazon, and YouTube.

64. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946), dir. William Wyler

“THREE WONDERFUL LOVES IN THE BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR!

It’s the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare. Captain Fred Derry is returning to a loveless marriage; Sergeant Al Stephenson is a stranger to a family that’s grown up without him; and young sailor Homer Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands. Can these three men find the courage to rebuild their world? Or are the best years of their lives a thing of the past.”

 Availability: Free on PlutoTV and available for rental on AppleTV and Amazon.

65. MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944), dir. Vincente Minnelli

“M·G·M’S GLORIOUS LOVE STORY WITH MUSIC!

In the year before the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.”

Availability: Available on The Criterion Channel and HBOMax with subscriptions and available for rental via YouTube, GooglePlay, AppleTV, VUDU, and Amazon. 

Pocahontas

Model: Sherri Tiara Lansang

I view him purely as a piece of fiction. He may be based off a real person, but the movies aren't remotely historically accurate in any sense whatsoever.

So, yeah, that's how I view it. Fiction and absolutely nothing else. There's fortunately other ways to learn about Native American history. An animated Disney movie is just not that place.

With that being said, I think a lot of people's first introduction to Pocahontas IS through the Disney movie. It was for me at least. I actually wound up doing a project about the true story behind her back in school when I was maybe 10 or something. I think I called it "Matoaka, Pocahontas' real name" or something like that. I got an A+ actually 🤭

I would never have known about her if Disney hadn't made that movie.

This is only partly true. But that's typical that they only tell half the story and leave out so many of the facts.