Exterminate All the Brutes

The past is the present.

Ended First aired 07/Apr/2021 United States English 1 season(s) 4 episode(s)

Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colonialism, from America to Africa, and its impact on society today.

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Season 1 · Miniseries

4 episode(s) · Air date: 07/Apr/2021

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S1E4

Part 4

Air date: 08/Apr/2021 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 59 min

Summary

Peck explores the challenge of reconciling America’s true history with its ideals of freedom and democracy, pointing to the struggle for native representation and the legacy of slavery in institutionalized racism today. Reflecting on his time in Berlin, Peck links the modern resurgence of white nationalism with fascism, slavery, colonialism, and Nazism.

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S1E3

Part 3

Air date: 08/Apr/2021 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 59 min

Summary

Peck looks back at human migration, trade, and weaponry, and shows how Europeans used industrialized steel to conduct warfare from ever-greater distances. Then, he explores the endless cycle of militarization throughout the centuries – from George Washington’s efforts to jumpstart American arms manufacturing, to the Monroe Doctrine, and finally, to the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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S1E2

Part 2

Air date: 07/Apr/2021 · Time: 22:00 · Runtime: 59 min

Summary

Peck revisits the stories of Christopher Columbus, the Alamo, and the Trail of Tears from an indigenous perspective as he shows how “official” history is shaped by those in power and solidified by myth and popular culture. Next, he examines the “doctrine of discovery” used to justify the enslavement of millions of Africans and questions his own story within these narratives.

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S1E1

Part 1

Air date: 07/Apr/2021 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 59 min

Summary

Filmmaker Raoul Peck sets out to illuminate the intertwined currents of hate and bigotry running through history. Focusing on the United States’ legacy as a colonial power, Peck explores how race first became institutionalized, the Nazi program of “elimination” and its antecedents in the West, and the looting of the African continent in a “gentlemen’s agreement.”