Should you watch 1883?
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1883
Series · 2021
Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.
The sides of 1883
- The Dutton family crossing the Great Plains
- Sam Elliott as a grieving wagon master
- Elsa Dutton narrating the journey
1883 is good for you if…
- you like Isabel May as Elsa, carrying the story in her voiceover.
- you like the wagon trails of the 1880s shown in all their hardship.
- you like settlers facing rivers, bandits and disease.
1883 is bad for you if…
- you can't stand brutal deaths on screen.
- you can't take grief and loss episode after episode.
About: hope · loss · freedom · family
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