It does have some good things to say about the production values and comments about the event itself, however it seems to be a mixed review about the actual movie itself. It only got 2.5 stars.
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September Dawn is a highly fictionalized account of these events framed around a Romeo and Juliet love story
On the other hand, the Mormons are portrayed as all-or-nothing fanatics. And this one-dimensional characterization is troubling.
Is the film unfair to Mormons? I don’t think the film’s a hit job, but its lack of context is glaring. Most people don’t know a whole lot about the Mormon faith and this is an awfully ugly introduction. The filmmakers do stick to the facts; this horrible event did occur and Brigham Young did say all those things about “blood atonement,” but this is a soda straw look at the faith, and through a soda straw Mother Teresa could look bad.
Where the film will find most of its controversy is in its implication of Brigham Young as being behind the massacre. In reality no evidence was found proving he even knew about it. More context regarding the Mormon faith and way of life would’ve helped as well. Not only with the coming controversy, but the overall film.
A benefit of September Dawn could be it starting a two-part conversation; one about our current battle against religious fanaticism, the other about the Mormon faith as a whole.
“”A benefit of September Dawn could be it starting a two-part conversation; one about our current battle against religious fanaticism, the other about the Mormon faith as a whole.””
Anything that gets the general public to take a look at the early days of this shiny, new, American born religion is a good thing.
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