I love the recurring imagery of the noose in the early scenes, suggesting what's to come, and the connections you draw between the transformation of Pocahontas' body / outward appearance with the tragedy of the boarding schools. The images of violence done against Native people are really well done - forceful, matched to the swell of the music, crossing time and place, suggesting so much about racism, genocide, and hatred.

I'd love to hear more about the early scenes, from your perspective. One the one hand they seem to suggest that there was promise of coexistence through love - yet John Smith made up his romance with Pocahontas, and the recent film perpetuated a damaging myth about the settlement of Virginia that was based on those fabrications. It may be that I'm viewing those scenes too simplistically? Love to hear your thoughts.