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Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians

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This poignant documentary tells the story of pioneering and self-educated photographer Edward S. Curtis during the waning days of Native American culture. In 1900, Curtis secures funding from Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan to embark on a cross-country effort to capture our country's native tribes in picture and sound recordings. At great personal cost, including financial ruin and divorce, Curtis renders the most complete repository of image and sound of numerous now-vanished cultures.

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Christopher J. @CLJacked Dec 27, 2025 Brilliant look into the life and heroic works of a master photographer that dedicated everything he had to capture the incredible beauty, pride, and loss of varying incredible Native American tribes and cultures. See more Read all reviews
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Anne Makepeace

Director

Sheila Tousey

Narrator

Bill Pullman

Edward Curtis

Anne Makepeace

Writer

Susan Lacy

Executive Producer

Anne Makepeace

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Synopsis This poignant documentary tells the story of pioneering and self-educated photographer Edward S. Curtis during the waning days of Native American culture. In 1900, Curtis secures funding from Theodore Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan to embark on a cross-country effort to capture our country's native tribes in picture and sound recordings. At great personal cost, including financial ruin and divorce, Curtis renders the most complete repository of image and sound of numerous now-vanished cultures.
Director
Anne Makepeace
Producer
Anne Makepeace
Screenwriter
Anne Makepeace
Distributor
Seventh Art Releasing
Production Co
Anne Makepeace Productions, American Masters, Thirteen-WNET
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 28, 2000, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 19, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Academy (1.33:1)
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