Surviving Columbus

1992•1h 53m

DocumentaryTV Movie

This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.

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Production

NMBS Productions

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Status

Released

Release Date

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Cast

Conroy Chino

Self - Acoma Pueblo / Narrator (voice)

Myrna Chino

Self - Acoma Pueblo

Alfonso Ortiz

Self - Anthropologist

Rina Swentzell

Self - Santa Clara Pueblo

Simon Ortiz

Self - Acoma Pueblo

Dave Warren

Self - Santa Clara Pueblo

Gail Bird

Self - Laguna Pueblo

Joe S. Sando

Self - Jemez Pueblo

Edmund J. Ladd

Self - Zuni Pueblo

Esther Martinez

Self - San Juan Pueblo

Agnes Dill

Self - Isleta/Laguna Pueblos

Herman Agoyo

Self - San Juan Pueblo

Tomás Atencio

Self - Sociologist

Glenabah Martinez

Self - Taos Pueblo / Navajo

Regis Pecos

Self - Cochiti Pueblo

Emory Sekaquaptewa

Self - Hopi

Gregory Cajete

Self - Santa Clara Pueblo

Benito Córdova

Self - Genízaro

Gilbert Suazo

Self - Taos Pueblo

John Pino

Self - Laguna Pueblo

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