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 Posted: Fri Aug 24th, 2007 02:22 am
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 Tomorrow (August 24, 2007) "September Dawn" debuts. It is already proving to be controversial because it deals with a massacre that took place at Mountain Meadows on Sept 11, 1857 and involves the ruthless murders of 126 men, women and children, emigrants who were headed west in a wagon train convoy.

Someone in the Mormon community ordered the massacre of these people as they crossed near Mormon territory. The controversy, other than the heartless nature of the crime, is over who actually ordered the massacre.

From what I have read, the movie appears to place the blame squarely on the shoulders of Brigham Young, while the Mormon Church staunchly defends Young, saying he did not have a part in ordering this tragic slaughter. The church has placed this movie on their "Do Not Watch" list.

I love movies about actual events, but I'm not sure I have the heart to go see this one. The director Christopher Cain says he made the film to show what extremes religious extremists will go to and that today's religious extremism is not new in U.S. history.

Jon Voight and Terrence Stamp are among the stars.

If anybody here does go see "September Dawn", I would love to know your opinion of the movie.