The Seminolian Indians are the only tribe to refuse deportation to a reservation. But, devoting themselves to farming in Florida, they're in the way of the white plantation owners. White plantation owners, angry at the increasing numbers of black slaves fleeing to Seminole protection, want to take their land. Plantation owner Raynes, in particular, has convinced the military to wipe out the Seminoles. His rival Moore, a sawmill owner from the North who has a Seminole wife, is against slavery and considers it unprofitable. Chief Osceola sees the coming danger; he tries to avoid provoking the whites, but cannot prevent the war that breaks out in 1835.
Director Konrad Petzold addresses the role of Native North Americans and African American slaves in this international production.
The Seminolian Indians are the only tribe to refuse deportation to a reservation. But, devoting themselves to farming in Florida, they're in the way of the white plantation owners.
White plantation owners, angry at the increasing numbers of black slaves fleeing to Seminole protection, want to take their land. Plantation owner Raynes, in particular, has convinced the military to wipe out the Seminoles. His rival Moore, a sawmill owner from the North who has a Seminole wife, is against slavery and considers it unprofitable. Chief Osceola sees the coming danger; he tries to avoid provoking the whites, but cannot prevent the war that breaks out in 1835.