American Primeval is based on the real events of the conflict between the Natives, pioneers, Mormon soldiers and the U.S.

When people don’t see themselves, their forebears, or their history reflected in contextualized and nuanced ways, it’s easy ...

Suspicion. Rebellion. Murder. The Netflix show American Primeval depicts how tensions between Mormon pioneers in Utah and the ...

Statement by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also says the Netflix series egregiously mischaracterizes ...

It’s one of the most harrowing scenes in Netflix’s grim Western. But is its depiction of the Mountain Meadows atrocities ...

Audiences are devouring the grisly Netflix miniseries “ American Primeval ,” a work of historical fiction centered around the ...

While acknowledging that “American Primeval” is a work of historical fiction, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...

As revealed by American Primeval creators, the Mountain Meadows massacre was an incident of extreme violence and retribution and ended up in an outright massacre. The massacre took place on September ...

While Sara and Isaac are fictional characters, many of the events in "American Primeval" are rooted in history. Case in point ...

American Primeval is fiction. But the Mountain Meadows Massacre was a real event – one with which many viewers might be unfamiliar. The massacre took place on Sept. 11, 1857, in Utah Territory.

Berg also responds to criticisms of the representation of Mormon church leader Brigham Young and the line he wouldn’t cross ...

American Primeval director Peter Berg explains that his recreation of a real-world historical massacre was necessary to show ...