Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journey west across the Atlantic in the early 17th century is a seminal, if often misunderstood episode of American and world history. The Pilgrims explores the forces, circumstances, personalities and events that converged to exile the English group in Holland and eventually propel their crossing to the New World; a story universally familiar in broad outline, but almost entirely unfamiliar to a general audience in its rich and compelling historical actuality. Includes the real history of the "first thanksgiving".
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
US
Genres:
History, Documentary
Release:
November 2015
Production:
GBH, WETA, Steeplechase Films, BBC, PBS Productions
Cast:
Roger Rees, Oliver Platt, Artemus Cragg, Calypso Cragg, Julian Elfer, Michael Elwyn, Jos Brown Gaier, Matthew Jure, Howard Lee, Nathaniel Philbrick
Tags:
beginning, thanksgiving, pilgrim, plymouth, reenactment, mayflower pilgrims, 17th century, american experience, 1620s
