Kevin Costner's new film 'Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1' shows Native Americans murdering white settlers. He explains why he wasn't interested in sugarcoating the past.
"I'm so tired of everybody trying to be so delicate about things," Costner says of criticism over Native American depiction onscreen.with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies,, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books.
The movie is the first in a saga that tells an array of stories over the course of 12 years in the American West. But the Western genre has a long history of problematic portrayals of Indigenous people, often depicting them as the villains — nameless "savages" who attack innocent white settlers and wreak havoc on the lives of the film's heroes. Either that, or they're shown as tragic, noble figures who sacrifice themselves for white people.
Tribes that previously co-existed are fighting each other for limited resources as the settlements now disrupt the once fruitful land. After leading the massacre that opens the film, Pionsenay decides to break away from his Chief and create a new tribe of those who wish to fight to protect their land.But Costner says he wasn't worried about opening the movie with what could be viewed as a more stereotypical rendering of Native Americans.
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