Pocahontas was just a nickname, meaning playful, thanks to her curious and inquisitive nature. Her real name is Amonute, and her more private name was Matoaka.
Nevertheless, it was a blockbuster for Disney. First off, Pocahontas is just a nickname.
Many critics panned the movie for its white-washed romance. The production was Disney’s first depiction of a real historical character and timed with her 400th birthday. (7) Walt Disney’s 1995 animated version of Pocahontas. Free Essay: Many people believe the 1995 film, Pocahontas, to be the true story of a young Powhatan woman. Colin Ferrell plays John Smith and Q’orianka Kilcher as Pocahontas. (6) A scene from Terrence Malick’s, The New World. (5) Painter John Gadsby Chapman’s,The Baptism of Pocahontas (1840), was painted as an 18’ X 12’ mural in the Rotunda of the US Capitol. (4) A scene from PBS’s series, Jamestown, in which actress Rachel Colwell plays a Pamunkey woman who marries Jamestown settler, Henry Sharrow. During the year she was held hostage, her name was changed to Rebecca, she was baptized, and she married her instructor, John Rolfe. In back, negotiations fail to trade a hostage and the colonists attack and burn an Indian village.
(3) The Abduction of Pocahontas (1619) by Johann Theodor de Bry, depicting Pocahontas being deceived by Chief Iopassus, who assisted English Captain Argall in capturing Pocahontas. (2) Painting of Pocahontas, based on Simon van de Passe's 1616 engraving. The image has many inaccuracies: there are no mountains in Tidewater Virginia, the Powhatans lived in thatched houses rather than tipis, and the native attire is not historically correct. Company depicts a highly idealized scene of Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith. PHOTOS: (1) A circa 1870 chromolithograph by the New England Chromo.