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The storm of animosity faced by this dramatic retelling of one of the most horrific events in the history of the westward expansion of the United States shouldn’t stop anyone from seeing this outstanding film.
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The Los Angeles Times - Fanatics and a forgotten massacre
'September Dawn' tells of a still-controversial 1857 attack attributed to members of the fledgling Mormon faith.
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The New York Times - With Only God Left as a Witness
What led to an 1857 massacre in Utah is still in dispute and a new film seems to renew the controversy.
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New York Post – Massacre Movie Miffing Mitt
A motion picture called "September Dawn" depicts a brutal American massacre that has been forgotten. On Sept. 11, 1857, in Utah Territory, Mormons slaughtered more than 120
California-bound settlers from Arkansas. Retelling at this time the 9/11 carnage of 150 years ago does not help Mormon Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.
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USA Today – Mormon Story Opens Up
Christopher Cain's September Dawn, opening June 22, portrays Mormons as obedient fundamentalists who orchestrated the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre, in which about 120 non-Mormon travelers lost their lives in the Utah territory.
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American Heritage Blog
The True Story Behind "September Dawn" posted by Alexander Burns.
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Deseret News – Movie Revives Debate About Massacre
It's a story often left out of Western history: Pioneer-era Mormon settlers with painted faces and dressed as American Indians committing a vicious, execution-style killing of some 120 unarmed men, women and children who were part of a wagon train bound for California.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – Press Release
This year marks the 150th anniversary of a tragedy in southern Utah known as the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The following article, which will appear in the September issue of the Ensign — an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — is being published in advance on Church Web sites because of significant public interest. Richard E. Turley Jr., the author, has spent many years researching the events surrounding the massacre.
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Washington Post – Debating History: Did Brigham Young Order a Massacre?
One hundred fifty years ago, a glorious September morning in the Utah mountains morphed into Mormonism's darkest hour when a militia opened fire on a wagon train, leaving more than 120 men, women and children dead in a flowery field.
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ABC News - Mormons in the Spotlight
"September Dawn," an upcoming feature film starring Jon Voight, will probe the Mountain Meadows massacre of 1857 and investigate Brigham Young's role. Will this critical look at one of the darkest chapters in Mormon history shed new light on Mormonism?
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The Observer - Mormons' Darkest Day in Spotlight
The date was 11 September. A group carried out an act of religious terrorism on American soil, raining indiscriminate death on innocent people. It remains a scar on the country's collective memory. This was the 'other' 11 September, in 1857, when fundamentalist Mormon settlers opened fire on a wagon train, leaving more than 120 men, women and children dead.
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BlogCritics Magazine – A Most Impressive Film
On September 11, 1857, a devastating and controversial real life massacre of 120 men, women, and children took place in Mountain Meadows, Utah. This film integrates a romantic drama in a Romeo and Juliet-type love story to set a backdrop for a tragedy wrought by religious fanaticism.
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