Mystic Voices: The Story of the Pequot War

TV Movie
2004
1h 56m

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Mystic Voices: The Story of the Pequot War (2004)

Spring 1634: Unidentified Indians kill John Stone, a scurrilous Englishman and pirate. The English blame the Pequots and for two years Colonial-Pequot tensions remain high. 1636: Block Islan... Read allSpring 1634: Unidentified Indians kill John Stone, a scurrilous Englishman and pirate. The English blame the Pequots and for two years Colonial-Pequot tensions remain high. 1636: Block Island Indians kill John Oldham. The English send an expedition to punish the Block Islanders a... Read allSpring 1634: Unidentified Indians kill John Stone, a scurrilous Englishman and pirate. The English blame the Pequots and for two years Colonial-Pequot tensions remain high. 1636: Block Island Indians kill John Oldham. The English send an expedition to punish the Block Islanders and to demand John Stone's killers from the Pequots. Talks with the Pequots break down and ... Read all

Directors
- Charles M. Clemmons
- Guy Perrotta
Writers
- Charles M. Clemmons
- Guy Perrotta
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Directors
- Charles M. Clemmons
- Guy Perrotta
Writers
- Charles M. Clemmons
- Guy Perrotta
Stars

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While most productions opt to use makeup to remove the "sheen" and facial hair stubble prior to shooting, Mystic Voices instead chose to take the chance of alienating viewers by purposefully "greasing up" the faces of the 17th century figures being represented on screen, and even insisted upon weighing down the hair to give it an unwashed, more historically accurate look. Going on the notion that many people of the period being portrayed (1637) might have been survivors of malnutrition, harsh elements and small pox, director Guy Perrotta chose to encourage hair and makeup teams led by Bernard de la Rivera to create an unromantic, less glamorous depiction of the real life people being portrayed by actors during the reenactments and dramatizations.

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Roger Williams: We have not our land by Patent of the King, but that the Natives are the true owners of it; and that we ought to repent of such receiving it by Patent.

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Mystic Voices-An Enlightening Documentary!

A wonderfully written Documentary that brings tears to your eyes. The effort it took to make this is abundantly clear; The research alone must have been a Herculean task, and having all the characters speak in the colloquialisms of that era was amazing! Reflecting on some of my ancestors and the parts they must've played in order to establish their dominance over Native Americans makes me sick to my stomach... There should be more stories like this! I would love to see an in-depth study done on the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. Oh, and what's up with "Underhill"? He seems to have had a change of heart after "his" massacre. Why? What made him sorry? So much history needs to be clarified...