SEPTEMBER DAWN - MY REVIEW

My husband and I went to the movie theater this past Saturday and watched September Dawn. WOW! What a movie. If you haven't seen this film yet, I highly recommend it. There is a story line about young love that is added as an extra, but the substance about Mormon beliefs are very correct.
The topic of the 'Danites' and blood atonement are very strong throughout the movie. It clearly shows the difference between God fearing Christians and the Mormons. The movie also shows the blind loyalty (Brain washing that makes you crazy!) that the followers of Joseph Smith have towards the leaders of the Mormon church. The teachings of Jesus are clearly not important to the Mormons, especially the ones who committed the crimes against those people that were murdered on that September day.
The more I watched the movie the more angry I became. The cold hearted killings are brutal. The rituals in the temples are correct, yet they are at a minimum. The hand movements that go with the blood oaths were not displayed. If you don't know anything about the Danites or about the 'blood oaths', I plan on explaining them in greater detail in another post.
The movie shows that there is a direct link between Brigham Young and the killings. It also shows how the leaders will do all that they can to make sure that all followers do what is expected of them.