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Carvalho’s Journey

Steve Rivo

Carvalho’s Journey tells the story of Solomon Nunes Carvalho, an explorer and artist who photographed the American West during the mid-19th century. His experience as a Jew on the Western trail was unprecedented, and his photography beautifully captures cultural exchanges in the era of Manifest Destiny.

DIRECTOR
Steve Rivo
YEAR
2015
COUNTRY
USA
RUNTIME
85 minutes
FORMAT
DCP

Carvalho’s Journey tells the extraordinary story of Solomon Nunes Carvalho, an explorer and artist who photographed the sweeping vistas and treacherous terrain of the American West in the mid-19th century. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Carvalho was a middle-class portrait painter and an observant Sephardic Jew who had never saddled a horse. Everything changed in 1853 when he joined the famed explorer John C. Frémont on his Fifth Westward Expedition, a 2,400-mile journey from New York City to California. Carvalho’s experience as a Jew on the Western trail was unprecedented, and his photography grants a clear window into the interethnic cultural exchanges that shaped America in the era of Manifest Destiny.

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