
American Primeval(2025)
A mother and son fleeing from their past form a found family while confronting a harsh landscape of freedom and cruelty in the American West.


“The truth is always wilder.”
The story of the aftermath of the Civil War and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men, the story chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.
Bert Thomas Morris
Narrator (voice)

Derek Chariton
Billy the Kid

David H. Stevens
Jesse James
Joseph Carlson
Frank James
Kera O'Bryon
Zerelda James

Morgan Lund
Ulysses S. Grant

Jim Jackman
Rutherford B. Hayes

Mike Marunde
William Tecumseh Sherman

John C. Bailey
Gen. George Armstrong Custer
Will Strongheart
Crazy Horse
The American West is a documentary, western, action & adventure, crime, drama series that first aired in 2016 exploring themes of gunslinger, historical figure, outlaw, native american, miniseries, wild west. Created by Robert Redford, it stars Bert Thomas Morris, Derek Chariton, David H. Stevens. The story of the aftermath of the Civil War and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men, the story chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.
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