Kevin Costner’s The West

Matt Roush says...

Oscar winner Kevin Costner (Dances With Wolves) became enamored with Westerns and their history as a kid, when he reportedly first saw the 1962 epic How the West Was Won. In collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, the actor-director-producer serves as host and executive producer of a sweeping eight-part historical docuseries that aims to take an unvarnished look at the culture clash of western expansion. The series opens with two episodes, the first telling the story of Chief Little Turtle of the Miami, who led the Indian Nations of the Northwest Confederacy to a victory over the U.S. Army, which sparked a counteroffensive by General “Mad” Anthony Wayne. The second episode profiles John Colter, a hunter during Lewis and Clark’s famed expedition who clashes with the Blackfeet when he stays behind in the wilderness to become a fur trader.

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