Pocahontas
● Who wrote the screenplay? Did they adapt it from a book, a play or did they create it
themselves?
● What roles did historians play in making the movie?
● Did the era in which the film was made impact the way it portrayed history? For example,
if it is a movie about war, were they trying to instill or glorify patriotism and duty or were
they trying to show the futility and horror of war? Or something else all together?
● What was the director’s approach to portraying history?