What is Town Destroyer about?

TOWN DESTROYER explores how to look at art and history at a time of polarized national debate over the power of images, racism, trauma, and what should be taught in schools. A dispute erupts at a San Francisco high school over Depression-era murals about the life of George Washington: slaveowner, military leader, land speculator, President, and a man Native leaders called "Town Destroyer" after he ordered their villages destroyed during the Revolutionary War.

Town Destroyer

Name: Town Destroyer
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 55

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How long is Town Destroyer?: Town Destroyer is 55 min long.

What is Town Destroyer about?: TOWN DESTROYER explores how to look at art and history at a time of polarized national debate over the power of images, racism, trauma, and what should be taught in schools. A dispute erupts at a San Francisco high school over Depression-era murals about the life of George Washington: slaveowner, military leader, land speculator, President, and a man Native leaders called "Town Destroyer" after he ordered their villages destroyed during the Revolutionary War.