The Netflix miniseries is a false depiction that draws on negative stereotypes, writes Matt Grow, managing director of Church ...

Show also egregiously mischaracterizes Brigham Young and others “in ways that reinforce stereotypes that are both inaccurate and harmful,” Latter-day Saint leaders say.

Audiences are devouring the grisly Netflix miniseries “American Primeval,” a work of historical fiction centered around the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre in which Mormon militiamen in southwestern ...

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

Yes. Though the Utah War has been called “bloodless,” in reality, Mormon militiamen in southern Utah perpetrated a horrific war atrocity on Sept. 11, 1857, in a valley called Mountain Meadows (which, ...

Brigham Young was a prominent and controversial figure in American history, known for his role as the second president of the LDS church and as the founder of Salt Lake City.Born in Whitingham ...

Kim Coates who plays Brigham Young in American Primeval (Image via Getty) Kim Coates, in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum on January 15, 2025, described the challenge of portraying Young, stating, ...

Kim Coates as Brigham Young in American Primeval Credit: Netflix The Mormon leader sent a carefully phrased reply on 10 September, in which he wrote, “In regard to emigration trains passing ...

Netflix's "American Primeval" has drawn criticism from the LDS Church for its portrayal of Brigham Young and historical events.

"American Primeval" continues to reign as the No. 1 series on Netflix right now. Will there be another season of the Western drama? Here's what the director has said.

Berg also responds to criticisms of the representation of Mormon church leader Brigham Young and the line he wouldn’t cross when it came to violence depicted in the events surrounding the Mountain ...