Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

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Squanto: A Warrior's Tale

Directed by	Xavier Koller
Produced by	Kathryn F. Galan
Written by	Darlene Craviotto
Starring	Adam Beach Sheldon Peters Wolfchild Irene Bedard Eric Schweig Leroy Peltier Michael Gambon Nathaniel Parker Alex Norton Mark Margolis Julian Richings
Music by	Joel McNeely
Cinematography	Robbie Greenberg
Editing by	Lisa Day Gillian Hutshing
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s)	October 28, 1994
Running time	102 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
Gross revenue	$3,337,685
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Squanto: A Warrior's Tale is a 1994 theatrical live action Disney film. It was written by Darlene Craviato and directed by Xavian Koller. It is very loosely based on the actual historical Native American figure Squanto, and his life prior to and including the arrival of the Mayflower in 1620. It stars Adam Beach as the lead role of Squanto. It was originally released to theaters on October 28, 1994 by Walt Disney Pictures.

The film has been criticized for its historical inaccuracies. Incidentally, the following year Disney released Pocahontas, an animated film which was also about a historical Native American figure, Pocahontas, and was also highly criticized for its distortion of history. Both films also featured Native American actress Irene Bedard in starring roles. This was shot in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.

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Set in the early 1600s, a New England Indian brave is captured and then enslaved by English settlers, but survives a shipwreck and returns to America to teach the Pilgrims how to survive in their strange new land.