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Surviving Columbus

Nov 16, 1992 | IMDB 0

113 min Watch Now

Documentary, TV Movie

This Peabody Award-winning documentary from New Mexico PBS looks at the European arrival in the Americas from the perspective of the Pueblo Peoples.

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Conroy Chino, Myrna Chino, Alfonso Ortiz, Rina Swentzell, Simon Ortiz, Dave Warren, Gail Bird, Joe S. Sando, Edmund J. Ladd, Esther Martinez

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