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Pocahontas Reclaimed: The Powhatans' Theatrical Rebuttal To Disney's Revisionist Myth, Barbara E. Gardner
Pocahontas Reclaimed: The Powhatans' Theatrical Rebuttal To Disney's Revisionist Myth, Barbara E. Gardner
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This study compares the content of play The One Called Pocahontas to the Walt Disney film Pocahontas. The author examined the accepted history of the Powhatan woman known as Pocahontas in relation to the "infotainment" provided by both the play and the movie. The study examines the objections to the Walt Disney movie Pocahontas and poses them as motivating factors for the Powhatan tribe's decision to use theatre to respond to the inaccuracies they perceived in the movie. The primary research methods of the study include an analysis of existing literature and internet sites about Pocahontas, an interview with …