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Topic: Centennial (classic mini-series)
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Osi Osgood
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Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted April 28, 2013 06:45 PM
We're just finishing watching (for the unknown number of times) the mini-series from the late 70's, "CENTENNIAL", based upon the James Mischner Novel.
I know most people look to ROOTS being the greatest miniseries, and it's certianly not bad, but I have always adored this mini-series.
I think the reason why I love it so much is that, instead of using all of the nation to tell the story of the growth of the US, it instead, centers around one small area of land and one town, Centennial. You begin with the age of the first non-indians to run around the land, the fur trappers and they're relationship with the then un-dishonored Indian tribes. You travel through time all the way from the early settlers to the 1970's.
This was one of the first films to deal with Indians that dealt with some of the more unknown truths about Indians and they're relations within themselves as well.
... but, it's just seeing this one little area grow over a period of 200 hundred years. I'm still moved by the sadness of seeing the river which "Pascanel" trapped beaver on, now, in the 1970's, littered with trash and refuse. Quite sad.
This miniseries is so long, it takes 7 days at three hours per night to get through, but it is well worth it.
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"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
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