Historian Janiece Johnson explains why "American Primeval" falls short in helping viewers understand the Old West, including ...

What’s behind the media and pop culture’s longstanding fascination with Mormon violence? And how often do they get the story ...

American Primeval’ buried wrongheaded stereotypes even deeper into the public psyche and did little to bring understanding of ...

This historical fiction depicts the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, as well as broader hostilities between the US government and Mormons at Salt Lake City during the Utah War of 1857–58.

Sean Wang’s snapshot of 2008 teenage life is intimate and effective Virgil (Jai Courtney) hears of the $1500 bounty on Sara and doggedly pursues her with a band of trappers. Two Moons (Shawnee Pourier ...

The six-part series revisits the Mountain Meadows Massacre, where Latter-Day Saint militiamen and American Indian allies slaughtered around 120 emigrants. At the time, Brigham was serving as the ...

In the days that have followed American Primeval 's release, the LDS Church has condemned the show's portrayal of Brigham ...

Bullets fly and arrows whiz amid screams of agony during the chaos that is the “American Primeval” treatment of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a merciless attack carried out in southern Utah ...

By exposing the brutality and moral contradictions that shaped the frontier, the series challenges viewers to sit with ...

One of the key events depicted in the show is the “Mountain Meadows Massacre,” where Latter-day Saint militiamen, along with American Indian allies, killed around 120 emigrants traveling by wa ...