How do films that were made after 1990, such as Dances with Wolves and Unforgiven,
Represent the American West?
A) They focus on a revisionist view that depicts Native Americans with sympathy and the West as a hostile place.
B) They continue to portray Native Americans as insignificant contributors to the development of the West.
C) They accurately address the ideas found in Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis.
D) They revive the traditional themes of 1940s and 1950s Westerns that featured heroic cowboys and hostile Indians.

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Films like Dances with Wolves and Unforgiven are known for their revisionist approach to the American West, portraying Native Americans with more sympathy and complexity, and highlighting the harsh realities of life in the West, rather than glorifying it through the lens of traditional Western genre tropes.

How Do Films That Were Made After 1990, Such as Dances