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Before he led a nation, George Washington was a young soldier thrown into a global conflict. With alliances crumbling and war closing in, he must choose who to trust and confront the leader he's becoming.

When the U.S. government tried to terminate its relationship with the Tribes of Florida, the Miccosukees played geopolitical rivals against one another, making a diplomatic visit to Castro's Cuba at the height of Cold War tensions.

People of the West is a ten-part premium documentary series that reclaims the history of California through Indigenous perspectives. Blending oral histories, tribal archives, expert insight, and cinematic recreations, the series spans from creation stories and pre-contact life through colonization, state-sponsored violence, resistance, and cultural survival. Each episode centers Native voices and lived experience, reframing well-known events—from the mission system and Gold Rush to Alcatraz and modern sovereignty movements—through those who endured them. Visually ambitious and emotionally grounded, the series pairs sweeping landscapes with intimate storytelling to reveal California as it has always been: Native land. Designed to live both on screen and in classrooms, People of the West offers a corrective to dominant narratives while highlighting the resilience, continuity, and contemporary presence of Native nations shaping the state today.

A decrepit old man discovers the true nature of his doctor's appointment and attempts to escape.

In the 1800s, a young native American named Talako is caught with Lara, wife of the merciless pirate Redbeard, who then orders for him to be burned alive. Witnessing Talako's execution, Redbeard's wife Lara hangs herself. Talako's spirit never ascends & haunts anyone who comes near the old house. Almost 300 years later, Lara and Talako meet face-to-face and learn that everything happens for a reason.

Two Native Americans struggle to make the transition from their home reservation to the city life, but soon find a solution in an advertised remedy that promises to transform their primitive behavior, to the ranks of the refined and successful.

People of the West is a ten-part premium documentary series that reclaims the history of California through Indigenous perspectives. Blending oral histories, tribal archives, expert insight, and cinematic recreations, the series spans from creation stories and pre-contact life through colonization, state-sponsored violence, resistance, and cultural survival. Each episode centers Native voices and lived experience, reframing well-known events—from the mission system and Gold Rush to Alcatraz and modern sovereignty movements—through those who endured them. Visually ambitious and emotionally grounded, the series pairs sweeping landscapes with intimate storytelling to reveal California as it has always been: Native land. Designed to live both on screen and in classrooms, People of the West offers a corrective to dominant narratives while highlighting the resilience, continuity, and contemporary presence of Native nations shaping the state today.

When the U.S. government tried to terminate its relationship with the Tribes of Florida, the Miccosukees played geopolitical rivals against one another, making a diplomatic visit to Castro's Cuba at the height of Cold War tensions.

When the U.S. government tried to terminate its relationship with the Tribes of Florida, the Miccosukees played geopolitical rivals against one another, making a diplomatic visit to Castro's Cuba at the height of Cold War tensions.

A decrepit old man discovers the true nature of his doctor's appointment and attempts to escape.

A decrepit old man discovers the true nature of his doctor's appointment and attempts to escape.

A decrepit old man discovers the true nature of his doctor's appointment and attempts to escape.

Two Native Americans struggle to make the transition from their home reservation to the city life, but soon find a solution in an advertised remedy that promises to transform their primitive behavior, to the ranks of the refined and successful.

Two Native Americans struggle to make the transition from their home reservation to the city life, but soon find a solution in an advertised remedy that promises to transform their primitive behavior, to the ranks of the refined and successful.

To gain his independence, a quick-tempered drug dealer must escape the shadow of his kingpin grandfather in a devout Native American community.

Deep in the murky swamps of the Everglades, an Indian tribe must attain a sacred plant before nightfall to stave off an insidious creature.

Deep in the murky swamps of the Everglades, an Indian tribe must attain a sacred plant before nightfall to stave off an insidious creature.