Brigham Young is a prominent historical figure and ... American Primeval alters several real-life historical details and figures. American Primeval was written by Mark L. Smith, who co-wrote ...

In a "Mormon Land" podcast, a historian and a tribal leader discuss the facts and fiction in "American Primeval" ...

Audiences are devouring the grisly Netflix miniseries “American Primeval,” a work of historical fiction centered around the ...

American Primeval recently premiered on Netflix. The series featured the character of Brigham Young, a controversial figure ...

Yes. Though the Utah War has been called “bloodless,” in reality, Mormon militiamen in southern Utah perpetrated a horrific ...

Netflix's "American Primeval" has drawn criticism from the LDS Church for its portrayal of Brigham Young and historical ...

I started looking at photographs of the real Brigham Young. I read three massive biographies about him and a novel called The 27th Wife about all of his wives. I had two and a half months to get ...

The Netflix miniseries is a false depiction that draws on negative stereotypes, writes the managing director of the Church History Department for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Brigham Young doesn’t die in American Primeval and with good reason. In real life, Young wouldn’t perish until 1877. That’s a good twenty years after the events of the Netflix show.

Producers openly admit the six-part series dropping Thursday is highly fictionalized. It centers around 1857 involving the ...

Kim Coates’s portrayal of Brigham Young adds a historical dimension to the series, blending real-life events with the fictionalized struggles of the show’s characters. The series stands out ...

Kim Coates as Brigham Young and Shea Whigham as Jim Bridger (image via Matt Kennedy/Netflix Tudum) Brigham Young was a hugely influential figure in 19th-century America. Known as the "Mormon Moses ...