The paper looks at a few films that take place during the colonial period, such as "Sally Hemmings: An American Scandal"
and Arthur Miller's "The Crucible". The writer compares these
fictional works to documentaries and non-fiction literature of the same period to prove that the vision of the fictional works is often not a true vision of what actually took place. The paper specifically looks at the Salem witch trials and early
settlers as they encountered Native Americans.