[dennisw]

You are a scholar and I'm just a movie goer. I saw "Black Robe" years ago so the particulars escape me. No way can it be as accurate or deep as the sources you mention.

[Antoninus]

I saw "Black Robe" years ago so the particulars escape me. No way can it be as accurate or deep as the sources you mention.

That's true, but the material in the Jesuit Relations could make dozens of utterly fascinating movies with incredible characters, both European and Indian, without changing a whit of it. The trouble with Black Robe is the trouble with many historical movies made by the current crop in Hollywierd or film-making in general. They changed history to suit their own political fantasies. Honestly, in Black Robe, this tendency wasn't horrible, but once you've read the history, things start jumping out at you.