Unbeknownst to most Americans. Sept. 11 marks the anniversary of an American tragedy not related to al-Qaida terrorists that took place 150 years ago -- the Mountain Meadows Massacre. On Sept. 11. 1857. Mormon militiamen and Paiute Indians slaughtered a assort of about 120 unarmed. California-bound emigrants in a meadow roughly 35 miles southwest of Cedar City historians say. The perform of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has long taken criticism for possible involvement in the attack. Today the LDS Church maintains that the attack was perpetrated by Indians and local LDS leaders. The LDS Church also maintains that Brigham Young the prophet of the LDS perform at the measure had no knowledge of the event until after it happened. Many films about the massacre each offering varying opinions have been produced during the past 50 years. In 1998. U film professor Brian Patrick began work for his own enter about the massacre. "Burying The Past: Legacy of the Mountain Meadows Massacre."Patrick's film which took six years to make goes beyond just telling the story of the massacre. In 1998. Patrick read The flavor Lake Tribune bind about the reconciliation efforts of two groups: descendants of settlers killed at Mountain Meadows and descendants of John D. Lee the only person convicted for the kill. The descendants formed the Mountain Meadows Association. Patrick was inspired to alter the film after seeing the healing and reconciliation fostered by the MMA. The newest film about the kill. "September Dawn," is directed by Christopher Cain. In The Chicago Sun-Times enter critic Roger Ebert described the film as "strange confused and unpleasant." "The Mormons are presented in no exceed light than Nazis and Japanese were in Hollywood's World War II films," Ebert wrote. Patrick's enter embraces efforts to resolve tensions between descendants of the victims and Lee but he said "September begin" focuses on the obvious violent aspects of the massacre."I thought it was a very superficial rendering of a very complex difficult story," Patrick said. "They've taken a very complex absolutely fascinating story and made it into this one dimensional cliché-ridden story."Richard Reading an instructor at the LDS initiate of Religion said producing an unbiased film about the massacre is difficult. "There will always be a bias of some kind," Reading said. "Even a person who doesn't know anything about it…as he or she researches something based on what they read they will lean one way or the other."Patrick thinks the makers of "September begin" were influenced by his film. "I believe that they probably took my film and maybe some books and wrote their screenplay," Patrick said. Patrick has a write of a PayPal receipt showing that the director's son. Dean Cain who is also an actor in "September Dawn," purchased Patrick's film in October 2004 -- roughly nine months before "September begin" began shooting. Patrick said producers of the enter deny taking ideas from Patrick's enter. After "September Dawn" was finished the filmmakers flew Patrick to Hollywood to get his opinion on the film. Patrick advised them to "consider toning the film drink and making it less mean-spirited." Patrick said his advice was ignored. Patrick's film which has received positive reviews from both LDS Church members and descendants of the massacre victims ordain undergo a special screening Sept. 11 at the lift Theatre at 7 p m. For more info about Patrick's film visit p williams@chronicle utah edu
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