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First Frontier
About this film
"First Frontier tells a story of 300 years of Southeastern history. From 1540 to 1835 the region was explored by the Spanish, colonized by the French, controlled by the English and eventually led into statehood by the Americans. At the same time, two cultures, the Native American and the Western European same into contact and often exploded into bloody conflict. "Produced with the cooperation of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians; and under the guidance of scholars from throughout the region and the nation, First Frontier is more than an educational television program, it is a text. This text assembles, for the first time, the record of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, two centuries which have been virtually missing from the chronicles of Southeastern history. More than a simple lack of physical evidence, these centuries have fallen between the cracks of academic disciplines. "Frontier does not warrant Peabody recognition because it is a good history text, but because it is scholarship which leads, rather than follows, academic synthesis. It is not derivative. This program puts television on the vanguard of historical research and…
Directors & creators
Alabama Public Television
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Hernando de Soto, Tuscaloosa, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Alabama Humanities Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Alabama Public Television Network, Southeastern United States history, Spanish colonization of the Americas, Native American history, Mabila campaign, European exploration of North America, epidemic disease in Native American populations, Incan Empire conquest
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