The path to the new world, an unsettling and intricate story of genocides. Conquest, slavery and the fabrication of "Whiteness".
Cast: Raoul Peck, Josh Hartnett, Caisa Ankarsparre, Fraser James, Aïssa Maïga, Ettore D'Alessandro, Luis del Valle, Stefan Konarske, Edward Arnold, Richard Brake, Alex Descas, Eriq Ebouaney, Sven Lindqvist
In the series finale, "The Bright Colors of Facism," Peck explores the challenge of reconciling America's true history with its ideals of freedom and democracy, pointing to the struggle for native representation and the legacy of slavery in institutionalized racism today.
In the third installment of the series, "Killing at a Distance or...How I Thoroughly Enjoyed the Outing," Peck looks back at human migration, trade, and weaponry, and shows how Europeans used industrialized steel to conduct warfare from ever-greater distances.
The brutal history of the United States retold from the perspective of those who were murdered, those whose land was stolen and those who were enslaved by those who thought they were racially superior.
The history of western civilization and its flourishing is the story of colonialism, genocide, slavery and exploitation, based on deep-seated doctrines of white supremacy, the founding principles of the American nation.