Dear America: A Journey to the New World (1999) (TV)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Don McCutcheon

Writers:

Kathryn Lasky (book)
Eric Tuchman (writer)

Genre:

Short | Drama | Family | History

Plot:

The story of a twelve-year-old Pilgrim girl's first few months at Plymouth Colony. |

Plot Keywords:

Pilgrim | Colony | Colonial America | Colonist | Settler

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Alison Pill	...	Remember Patience Whipple / Mem
Andrew Airlie	...	Father
Brenda Bazinet	...	Mother
Susannah Hoffmann	...	Mistress Potts
Kennetch Charlette	...	Squanto
Donald Burda	...	Captain Standish
Cody Jones	...	John Billington
Alana Brascoupe	...	Noami
Kyra Harper	...	Native Woman
Julie Holdsworth	...	Sick Woman

Also Known As:

Dear America 03 (USA) (series title)
Dear America: A Journey to the New World: The Story of Remember Patience Whipple, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620 (USA) (video box title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Company:

Scholastic Productions

Movie Connections:

Follows Dear America: A Picture of Freedom (1999) (TV)

an outstanding lesson in tolerance, responsibility, love, & loss

Admittedly, when I first saw this I expected it to be your average "after school special"-type short film, having never seen any of the other "Dear America..." specials before.

But, I found myself drawn into this story. Though I am a buff on this time period of history, you don't have to be to appreciate the lessons this short film presents on dealing with love, loss, tolerance of difference, and responsibility. In this story, all those things intertwine, often carrying over somehow into the other. This film is well produced and well acted. Alison Pill is admirable as "Mem", and the other characters are distinguished as well.

In all, an outstanding film.