Historian Janiece Johnson explains why "American Primeval" falls short in helping viewers understand the Old West, including ...

In the days that have followed American Primeval 's release, the LDS Church has condemned the show's portrayal of Brigham ...

What’s behind the media and pop culture’s longstanding fascination with Mormon violence? And how often do they get the story ...

When they can’t hire a guide, they team up with a wagon train of settlers from Arkansas and kindly Mormons making their way further west. However, before the end of American Primeval Episode 1 ...

In a "Mormon Land" podcast, a historian and a tribal leader discuss the facts and fiction in "American Primeval" ...

By exposing the brutality and moral contradictions that shaped the frontier, the series challenges viewers to sit with ...

Eventually, the Mormons felt he had betrayed them ... with Preston Mota as her son Devin Rowell. American Primeval isn’t shy about showing audiences violence of varying kinds onscreen, from ...

Netflix's miniseries "American Primeval" dismantles the romantic myth of the West, painting a raw picture of violence, sectarianism and power struggles between Mormons, Native Americans and pioneers, ...

Netflix has been slammed for its 'dangerously misleading' new series about the 'revered' Mormon prophet Brigham Young. The Western drama American Primeval follows a mother on the run during the ...

WHIGHAM: (As Jim Bridger) Oh, I'm sure you do. And if the Army gets their hands on it, it's the end of you Mormons. BIANCULLI: "American Primeval" is as gritty as HBO's "Deadwood" and as full of ...

“American Primeval” brings elements of both storylines, with the murderous battle to settle Mormon-ruled Utah intertwined with stories of people just passing through, trying to get somewhere else and ...