The Jesuits saw the "Savages", as they called them, as souls to be saved. The natives saw the Black Robes, as they called them, as destroyers and "demons" threatening the gods and sorceries, which ordered their lives. Out of that, a big conflict between two cultures is shown.

Those first brave Jesuit priests did not realize that it was not the right thing to do, because a burning faith and an absolute conviction drove them. Only much later it was apparent that the European settlement of North America led to the destruction of the original inhabitants, not their salvation.

Father LaForgue, a Jesuit, undertakes a long and arduous journey in wint

It also becomes clear that the Indians had their own religious and belief systems already in place, and that none of them had much use for Jesus and the other gifts of Christianity.

On the other hand, for the white people it is hard to understand the brutality and torture that is part of Indian life. When Iroquois are torturing the Jesuit priest and his party, the young Frenchman says: "They are Iroquois, they are animals". But the Alonquin chief answers "Don't be a fool. We would have done the same thing."

According to my knowledge, the movie "Black Robe" is historically very accurate. That is what makes it very fascinating and it is impressive, how the viewer is able to look into the hearts and minds of the French men, as well as the Indians By doing that, the movie did not take sides. I have to admit that Black Robe had given me a depressive feeling and that some scenes are hard to forget, but it was telling the truth a

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