Robert Redford's The West, America Divided

Executive producer Robert Redford presents his vision of the American West. Post-Civil War, America looks to the West to repair the nation.

President Grant's peace with the Sioux allows the construction of the country's first Transcontinental Railroad - giving outlaw Jesse James a new target.

Allan Pinkerton gets hired to bring Jesse James to justice, settlers descend upon Sioux land in a gold rush, while Ulysses Grant tries to keep the peace.

Custer rides to a showdown at Little Big Horn with the Sioux, while Jesse James hopes to make a big statement when he targets a bank in the northern territory.

As the railroads build further west to capitalise on the cattle boom, a young cattle thief named Billy the Kid gets caught up in a corrupt war.

Jesse James resurfaces after years in hiding. Billy the Kid avenges the death of his friend, while Wyatt Earp questions his future as a man of the law.

Jesse James and Billy the Kid meet and part ways, but when Jesse returns to robbing trains, he discovers that America has changed.

Sitting Bull is accused of inciting a rebellion. Wyatt Earp turns his back on the law, and Jesse James is confronted by the Ford Brothers.