In a wide-ranging chat, the director shares his plans for a potential season 2 of his new Netflix series, his cameo on 'The ...

and I'm sure this colored the way I saw the film. While some of the film is critical of Brigham Young and the Mormons (such as including the Mountain Meadows Massacre), the film is notable for mostly ...

The Church's statement specifically addressed recent depictions of Church President Brigham Young and historical events such as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. "Brigham Young, a revered prophet and ...

The reality of the massacre was arguably even grimmer than ... and pronouncements from leaders such as Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, argue some violence is appropriate and required as per ...

"Brigham Young, a revered prophet and courageous pioneer ... "As to the Mountain Meadows Massacre, which the series inaccurately portrays as reflective of a whole faith group, the church has ...

"Brigham Young, a revered prophet and courageous pioneer ... The series depicts the Mountain Meadows massacre during the 1857-58 Utah War. In the massacre, settlers of the LDS Church involved ...

While the church has not denied the occurrence of the Meadows Massacre, their concern lies in the portrayal of the event and that of their leader, Brigham Young, in the Netflix series. Some historians ...

Church officials are waving red flags, claiming the show is a cocktail of fiction and exaggeration that does a disservice to their faith's history, particularly in its portrayal of Brigham Young ...

Specifically, the second president of the Church, President Brigham Young, is “mischaracterized as a villainous, violent fanatic,” the Church’s news release says. The show also depicts the Mountain ...

He even implied that the massacre was the work of Brigham Young himself. In March 1877, two decades after the crime, he was executed by firing squad on the site where the massacre took place.

Created by Mark L. Smith, the story features a mother-son duo escaping the Mormon massacre in 1857. The plot is based on several real characters including Jim Bridger, Brigham Young, Wild Bill Hickman ...