America Before Columbus

Directed by Cristina Trebbi
PG
November 22, 2009    1h 31mDocumentary, Adventure,
7.25.7
History books traditionally depict the pre-Columbus Americas as a pristine wilderness where small native villages lived in harmony with nature. But scientific evidence tells a very different story: When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living there. America wasn't exactly a New World, but a very old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals and causeways.

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  • Nathan EnglishSelf - Geochemist, University of Arizona
  • Victor GarberSelf - Narrator
  • Andrew C. IsenbergSelf - Historian, Temple University
  • K.J. LinheinHernando De Soto
  • Hans MittermüllerSelf - Narrator
  • Joachim RadkauSelf - Historian, University of Bielefeld
  • Callum RobertsSelf - Marine Conservation Biologist, University of York
  • Nicholas E. SchultzRailroad Worker
  • Cristina TrebbiDirector / Writer
  • Peter AllenbacherExecutive Producer
  • Kathleen CromleyExecutive Producer
  • Uwe KerskenExecutive Producer / Created By
  • Bernhard von DadelsenExecutive Producer
  • Jörg AdamsCinematographer
  • Torbjörn KarvangCinematographer
  • Neil RettigCinematographer
  • Jessica BraunCostume Designer
  • Fabian WienkeEditor
  • Paul RabigerComposer

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