1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus

Nov 08, 2017 (en) Documentary [0] Min
  • First Air Date
    Nov 08, 2017
  • Production
    Aarrow Productions, Animiki See Digital Productions, ZDF
  • Rotten tomato
    77%
  • Original title
    1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus
  • Release
    Nov 08, 2017
  • en
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Overview

1491: The Untold Story of the Americas before Columbus is based on the book “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles C. Mann (Knopf, 2005). It brings to life the complexity, diversity and interconnectedness of Indigenous peoples in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus. Presented from an Indigenous-perspective the series is a journey along a timeline that dates from 20,000 years ago to 1491. The origins and history of ancient Indigenous societies in North, Central and South America are interpreted by leading Indigenous scholars and cultural leaders in the fields of archaeology, art history, ethnology, genetics, geology, and linguistics.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Specials ( 2018-12-20)

Episode 1

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Episode 2

Episode: 2

Episode 3

Episode: 3

Episode 4

Episode: 4

Season 1 ( 2017-11-08)

This 8 part series tells us about indigenous peoples of the Americas before the Spanish explorer Columbus arrived. Each episode shows us via re-enactments about a particular subject. We learn about their art, architecture, archaeology, Science and Technology etc.

Origins

Episode: 1

Environment

Episode: 2

Agriculture

Episode: 3

Architecture

Episode: 4

Governance and Trade

Episode: 5

Science and Technology

Episode: 6

Art

Episode: 7

Continuance

Episode: 8
Nov 08, 2017 (en)
Documentary
[0] Min
  • First Air Date Nov 08, 2017
  • Production
    Aarrow Productions, Animiki See Digital Productions, ZDF
  • Rotten tomato 77%
Original Title 1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus
en

Overview

1491: The Untold Story of the Americas before Columbus is based on the book “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus” by Charles C. Mann (Knopf, 2005). It brings to life the complexity, diversity and interconnectedness of Indigenous peoples in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus. Presented from an Indigenous-perspective the series is a journey along a timeline that dates from 20,000 years ago to 1491. The origins and history of ancient Indigenous societies in North, Central and South America are interpreted by leading Indigenous scholars and cultural leaders in the fields of archaeology, art history, ethnology, genetics, geology, and linguistics.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer