Pocahontas = propaganda

Rating: 2/10 (4 June 2014)

I give Pocahontas a 2 only because of the entertainment provided to children. I am appalled that Disney would produce a film with so many inaccuracies to our history. What is worse, is knowing so many children walk away from this film believing Pocahontas saved John Smith's life, that she was in love with him, that he was some wonderful English man. None of this is true. Pocahontas was only about 9 years old, 2nd, her father was not killing John Smith, he was adopting him as a son and third, they never fell in love with one another. At any library one can find a book on letters from John Smith. But please keep in mind as is true with most English writers from this period, his information is biased. The very least Disney could have done was to ensure to its audience at the beginning of the movie "what you are about to see is fictional, none of the events, time lines, or ideas are factual. It is a shame to see how America's youth are being taught with so much misleading information as to how our country was built and furthermore, the actual people that built are company. Disney, you owe the Powhatan people a major apology!