kassdo Review of The Red Road

The Red Road (2014–2015)

Pretty good show - typical those shows I like get cancelled

[9/10 · 5 February 2023]

Came across show by accident - the story intrigued me becuase of my familarity with New Jersey and Lenape. The show is entertaining and Jason Momoa acting is passable. Some reviewers commenting have their racial sensitivity radar beeping with the silly and trendy comments about the diversity of actors playing Native Roles. They do not understand the back story about people with native bloodlines trying to get tribal status recognizition with BIA after the tribe has been assimilated. In northern NJ mountains, there is a group called The Jackson Whites. Thier bloodline is traced back to 1700s and made up of Native Tribes, escaped black/free slaves and English military deserters. Google that group for cool history - but the current cast covers all shades and ethnicities thatmake up the current tribe. And there is a history of mistrust between the Jacksons, Lenape and Rampapo and the whites settlers that moved into those mountains. TV story is factual and amazing, all within 60 miles of NYC.