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Article: FILM TO SHOW EFFECT OF COLONISTS ON LIVES OF NATIVE AMERICANS MOVIE DEALS WITH NATIVE AMERICAN BOY WRESTLING WITH CHANGES IN HIS TRIBE.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- July 18, 1997
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Byline: JENNIFER LANGSTON, STAFF WRITER
ROANOKE ISLAND -- Filming will begin here next month for a movie that tells the familiar story of English colonists arriving in the New World with a different twist.
``This is an attempt to be very honest about the Native American experience,'' said Frank White, director of programs for Roanoke Island Festival Park.
``It's a viewpoint of how the English explorers affected their land and outlook on life, their habits, their expectations and how it changed their lives.''
Commissioned by the organizers of Roanoke Island Festival Park, a historical and tourist attraction slated to open next spring, ...