Peter Berg

It holds like 20,000 people. It is the most beautiful, incredible theater where they have weekly events and meetings. And they took me in there, and there's a huge pipe organ. And I had a private concert with their organist. Yeah, it's that. Whoa. Look at that place. And I sat by myself in the center of that theater. And you see the pipe organs. And they gave me a private concert.

It holds like 20,000 people. It is the most beautiful, incredible theater where they have weekly events and meetings. And they took me in there, and there's a huge pipe organ. And I had a private concert with their organist. Yeah, it's that. Whoa. Look at that place. And I sat by myself in the center of that theater. And you see the pipe organs. And they gave me a private concert.

It holds like 20,000 people. It is the most beautiful, incredible theater where they have weekly events and meetings. And they took me in there, and there's a huge pipe organ. And I had a private concert with their organist. Yeah, it's that. Whoa. Look at that place. And I sat by myself in the center of that theater. And you see the pipe organs. And they gave me a private concert.

And then they took me into the museum and showed me the history of the Mormon Church. And I told them about the Meadows Massacre, which I've taken heat for in the show. And at the end of the tour, there's a bookstore called in the Mormon Museum in Salt Lake and the book Mountain Meadows Massacre by this guy Turley was there and I'm like, I wanna buy this book.

And then they took me into the museum and showed me the history of the Mormon Church. And I told them about the Meadows Massacre, which I've taken heat for in the show. And at the end of the tour, there's a bookstore called in the Mormon Museum in Salt Lake and the book Mountain Meadows Massacre by this guy Turley was there and I'm like, I wanna buy this book.

And then they took me into the museum and showed me the history of the Mormon Church. And I told them about the Meadows Massacre, which I've taken heat for in the show. And at the end of the tour, there's a bookstore called in the Mormon Museum in Salt Lake and the book Mountain Meadows Massacre by this guy Turley was there and I'm like, I wanna buy this book.

I read the book and I'm like, oh, for sure we're putting this story in our film and it was for sale in the Mormon bookstore. And I met with the author, Turley, who then took me to the site of the Mountain Meadows Massacre And he had written the book with the support of the Mormon Church to get their side of the story out. Did you film at the actual site? No, we didn't. The actual site was in Utah.

I read the book and I'm like, oh, for sure we're putting this story in our film and it was for sale in the Mormon bookstore. And I met with the author, Turley, who then took me to the site of the Mountain Meadows Massacre And he had written the book with the support of the Mormon Church to get their side of the story out. Did you film at the actual site? No, we didn't. The actual site was in Utah.

I read the book and I'm like, oh, for sure we're putting this story in our film and it was for sale in the Mormon bookstore. And I met with the author, Turley, who then took me to the site of the Mountain Meadows Massacre And he had written the book with the support of the Mormon Church to get their side of the story out. Did you film at the actual site? No, we didn't. The actual site was in Utah.

But I went and toured it. So you filmed in New Mexico. Yeah, we filmed everything on different reservations around Santa Fe. But if you go to the site of the Mormon Meadows Massacre in Utah... The Mormons have built a big memorial there honoring 130 pioneers from Arkansas who were killed there.

But I went and toured it. So you filmed in New Mexico. Yeah, we filmed everything on different reservations around Santa Fe. But if you go to the site of the Mormon Meadows Massacre in Utah... The Mormons have built a big memorial there honoring 130 pioneers from Arkansas who were killed there.

But I went and toured it. So you filmed in New Mexico. Yeah, we filmed everything on different reservations around Santa Fe. But if you go to the site of the Mormon Meadows Massacre in Utah... The Mormons have built a big memorial there honoring 130 pioneers from Arkansas who were killed there.

And the Mormons have owned this event, and they were very willing to talk about it, which is kind of like them buying a full-page ad in Book of Mormon. Right, right. You know, we know you're going to make a film about the Meadows Massacre. It's probably going to be inflammatory in some ways. However, come visit us. We want to meet you. We want to show you. We want to play music for you.

And the Mormons have owned this event, and they were very willing to talk about it, which is kind of like them buying a full-page ad in Book of Mormon. Right, right. You know, we know you're going to make a film about the Meadows Massacre. It's probably going to be inflammatory in some ways. However, come visit us. We want to meet you. We want to show you. We want to play music for you.

And the Mormons have owned this event, and they were very willing to talk about it, which is kind of like them buying a full-page ad in Book of Mormon. Right, right. You know, we know you're going to make a film about the Meadows Massacre. It's probably going to be inflammatory in some ways. However, come visit us. We want to meet you. We want to show you. We want to play music for you.

And I had an incredible time with the Mormons that were involved with us doing the research for Primeval.

And I had an incredible time with the Mormons that were involved with us doing the research for Primeval.

And I had an incredible time with the Mormons that were involved with us doing the research for Primeval.

The biggest single issue, if you get into the weeds—and I think it's an interesting point of debate— is whether or not Brigham Young knew and authorized this massacre and the way the massacre played out in real life was different how we did it in the film in the film we did it in you know one swell a move like it just happens and you know what we filmed it in one shot and it's

The biggest single issue, if you get into the weeds—and I think it's an interesting point of debate— is whether or not Brigham Young knew and authorized this massacre and the way the massacre played out in real life was different how we did it in the film in the film we did it in you know one swell a move like it just happens and you know what we filmed it in one shot and it's