The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006•1h 55m•4.5•Released
DocumentaryHistory
This two-hour documentary explores one of the great historical tragedies of America's aboriginal people. In 1830, eager to gain access to lands inhabited by Native Americans, President Andrew Jackson enacted the Indian Removal Act which forced the Cherokee Nation to leave their homeland and to relocate into uncharted territory. Many of these forced settlers suffered from exposure, disease, and starvation, and upon arriving in Indian Territory, they arrived with no past and no future.
Director
Chip Richie
Writer
Daniel Blake Smith
Cast
Wes Studi
Himself
Wilma Mankiller
Herself
James Earl Jones
Narrator
Production
Producer
Steven R. Heape
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