Captain John Smith Synopsis

The movie begins with the incredibly clear sound of the ocean waves crashing on the beach, then, bird’s songs and the images of what’s appeared to be thousands of people being killed by what appeared to be white men, a preamble of what to come as it were. Then a soft ad extremely tender female voice, in a short prayer like message subrepticely acknowledges her natural and unbreakable entanglement with the universe, mother earth, the water, the sun and the wind while standing on the shore line. Her voice was so soft it was barely audible. Moments after, appeared the first native of the land, swimming deep under a crystal clear, untouched and unpolluted lake. Shortly thereafter, appeared on the horizon the first boat, then a second, then a third, these three majestic boats carrying the English invaders. At the sight of

Although Smith and his men were in charge at the time these unfortunate incidents occurred, he failed to directly take responsibility for these misfortunes and the death of many in the colony. He claimed in his letters that all actions undertaken by his regime were for the benefits and well-being of the people of the colony, which cannot be further from the truth. “Sir George Sommers that worthy admiral has undertaken a dangerous adventure for the good of the colony.” (Captain John Smith,) As stated above, the tales of the John Smith history of Virginia, relates a brutal account of the state of affairs in the colony down to the smallest details back in England. According to the document, the goal as described in the document was to make the colony part of England