Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin led the gritty miniseries about a family's trek across the American West in 1857.

American Primeval, a new Netflix limited series about the Utah War in the 1850s, isn’t afraid to dramatize the horrors of the Old West. Directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) and written by Mark L.

Lights" creator Peter Berg makes the wild west look like hell on Earth in "American Primeval." There's some good between all the blood.

Netflix's most ambitious western to date explores the conflicts that threaten to destroy pluralistic societies

Here are the faces you might recognize in Netflix's new miniseries western, "American Primeval," now streaming

Peter Berg directs an epic six-part drama about the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, in which more than 100 settlers were murdered by militant Mormons.

American Primeval ’s director and executive producer Peter Berg ( Friday Night Lights) knows that depicting real events isn’t without its challenges, and while much of what’s depicted on screen is dramatized,