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Pocahontas: The Legend is a 1995 Canadian drama film that fictionalizes the young life of the historical figure of Chief Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas and her relationship with Captain John Smith. This film, preceding Disney's animation version, was directed by Danièle J. Suissa and stars Sandrine Holt as the titular heroine.
27 de jun. de 1995 · Pocahontas: The Legend: Directed by Danièle J. Suissa. With Sandrine Holt, Miles O'Keeffe, Tony Goldwyn, Gordon Tootoosis. Englishmen come to explore and settle the new world.
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24 de jul. de 2021 · Pocahontas: The Legend is a drama film that fictionalizes the young life of the historical figure of Chief Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas and her relationship with Captain John Smith. This film was directed by Danièle J. Suissa and stars Sandrine Holt as the titular heroine.
- 102 min
- 1968
- Apple Smuggler
- Pocahontas Matoaka
- Pocahontas and John Smith
- Pocahontas Saves John Smith Again
- Kidnapped by The English
- Marriage to John Rolfe
- Journey to England
- How Did Pocahontas Die?
- Sources
Pocahontas was named Amonute at birth and went by the name Matoaka. She supposedly earned the nickname Pocahontas, which means “playful one,” because of her happy, inquisitive nature. As the daughter of Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas may have had more luxuries than many of her peers, but she still had to learn so-called women’s work such as farming, co...
The first English settlers arrived in Jamestown colony in May 1607. That winter, Pocahontas’ brother kidnapped colonist Captain John Smithand made a spectacle of him in front of several Powhatan tribes before taking him to meet Chief Powhatan. According to Smith, his head was placed on two stones and a warrior prepared to smash his head and kill hi...
Pocahontas became known by the colonists as an important Powhatan emissary. She occasionally brought the hungry settlers food and helped successfully negotiate the release of Powhatan prisoners in 1608. But relations between the colonists and the Indians remained strained. By 1609, drought, starvation and disease had ravaged the colonists and they ...
It’s thought that Pocahontas married an Indian named Kocoum in 1610. Afterwards, she avoided the English until 1613 when she was lured onto the English ship of Captain Samuel Argall and kidnapped during the First Anglo-Powhatan War. Argall informed Chief Powhatan that he wouldn’t return Pocahontas unless he released English prisoners, returned stol...
During her imprisonment, Pocahontas met widower and tobacco planter John Rolfe. The couple decided to marry, likely for both love and political purposes—although the decision wasn’t an easy one for the staunchly Christian Rolfe until Pocahontas converted. They sent word to Chief Powhatan that they wanted to marry; he consented as did the Virginiago...
In 1616, Sir Thomas Dale sailed to England to rally financial support for the Virginia Company, the company owned by wealthy Londoners that had financed the Jamestown colony. The company also wanted to prove they had met their goal of converting Native Americans to Christianity, so Rolfe, Pocahontas, their infant son Thomas (born in 1615) and a doz...
In March 1617, Pocahontas, her husband and son set sail for Virginia. But they had hardly made progress when she became gravely ill and was taken ashore at Gravesend, England. It’s uncertain what disease struck her down. Some speculate it was tuberculosis, pneumonia, dysentery or smallpox; others believe she was poisoned. According to Rolfe, Pocaho...
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Pocahontas: The Legend (1995) Movie Info Synopsis Love means a clash of cultures for the Powhatan princess (Sandrine Holt) and English settler John Smith (Miles...
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Pocahontas: The Legend is a 1995 Canadian drama film that fictionalizes the young life of the historical figure of Chief Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas and her...
1 de jun. de 1995 · Play Trailer. They risked everything for a new world... and for each other. Overview. Englishmen come to explore and settle the new world. There they find natives who are curious about their "firesticks" and strange customs. Danièle J. Suissa. Director. Donald Martin. Writer. Englishmen come to explore and settle the new world.
