‘American Primeval’: How does the Netflix Brigham Young hold up to the real LDS prophet?
What we know about his role, if any, in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, attacks on Native tribes, his sometimes-violent sermons and the torching of Fort Bridger.
(Netflix) Kim Coates, left, as Brigham Young and Alex Breaux as Wild Bill Hickman in an episode of "American Primeval." As one Latter-day Saint historian put it: “The only thing they got right [about Young] was his haircut.”
Tamarra Kemsley has been a reporter at The Tribune since 2021 but has been covering religion and politics since 2019. Her work has appeared in Religion News Service, the New York Post, and Religion & Politics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Brigham Young University and a master’s in Islamic studies from Hebrew University.