Set in Texas from ~1868-1873, The Searchers follows two men on a quest to rescue a little girl from the Comanches who kidnapped her.
Category: History podcast
A018: Lincoln (2012)
Another stellar performance by Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in this film about the President’s quest to pass the 13th Amendment.
A017: Dances with Wolves (1990)
This is a fictional story, but still gives us an opportunity to discuss Native Americans during the Civil War. We also wrap up the fighting of the Civil War itself [ … ]
A016: Glory (1989)
A solid movie and a fairly accurate look at the 54th Massachusetts regiment of African-American soldiers during the Civil War.
A015: Gettysburg (1993)
Fake beards and lack of blood aside, this may be the most accurate film we’ve ever discussed on the podcast.