The French & Indian War Movies & TV

The French & Indian War Movies & TV

The War That Made America (2006)

This four-part, four-hour PBS series traces the war from George Washington's mission to the Ohio Valley in 1753 to American resentment of postwar British policies. Narrator Graham Greene, an Oneida Indian whose ancestors fought in this imperial conflict, leads viewers through the tumultuous years leading up to the war and into the fierce military struggle between the English and the French. A companion site which includes biographies of key figures and an interactive time line is available online.

"500 Nations: Cauldron of War" (1995)

This episode of a six-part series on the deep and complex history of Native Americans explores the relationship between French traders and the Algonquins. Host Kevin Costner helps illustrate how commercial trade helped determine the military dynamics of the French and Indian War.

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Hawkeye, a colonial orphan adopted by the few remaining members of the Mohican Indian tribe. A young man during the French and Indian War, Hawkeye must choose between love and loyalty. Loosely based on an early-19th-century novel by James Fenimore Cooper (and historical accuracy not being its strong suit), this blockbuster mirrors, in many ways, the 1936 film adaptation.

Northwest Passage (1958)

Keith Larsen and Hunk Marriner star in this 1950s television series about the real-life search for the Northwest Passage, an inland waterway that some thought would enable boats to cross the American continent. Each episode tracks the adventures of the Rogers' Rangers, a team of explorers and military men who found not the mythical route but new land in the Northeast.

Evangeline (1929)

This tender love story follows the lives of Evangeline and Gabriel, torn apart by the Great Expulsion in Nova Scotia during the French and Indian War. On the eve of her wedding, Evangeline must watch as the British imprison her sweetheart, along with hundreds of other Acadian men, and send them into exile in the American colonies.