Showing it to students would mean teaching them something totally useless and incorrect. While some themes were portrayed accurately, many were not. Many were ignored and many were completely wrong. This may be partly due to the nature of filmmaking and its tendency to stretch out true stories, but 1492: Conquest of Paradise was a truly terrible film. Works Cited[1] Bly, John. "1492 Revisited: The True Story of Christopher Columbus - IPS." Institute for Policy Studies. Np, 11 October 2010. Web. 20 August 2014.[2] Bosch, Roselyne. "1492 Conquest of Paradise, screenplay by Roselyne Bosch." 1492 Conquest of Paradise Screenplay by Roselyne Bosch. Np, nd Web. August 20, 2014.[3] Toll, Ian W. “In Search of Empire.” The New York Times. The New York Times, September 24, 2011. Web. August 20, 2014.[4] Bentley, Jerry H. "22." Traditions and encounters: a global perspective on the past. New York: McGraw Hill, 2008. Page no.