Sacagawea ~ Sacajawea ~ Sakakawea. The only Native American woman who served as an interpreter and guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 and 1806. As a child, she had been taken by members of the Hidatsa Tribe and lived among them. Later she was sold to a French-Canadian trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau.
Many films are considered hybrids - they straddle several film genres. Genres History: By the end of the silent era, many of the main genres were established: the melodrama, the western, the horror film, comedies, and action-adventure films (from swashbucklers to war movies).
Main Film Genres. Main Film Genres: Listed below are some of the most common and identifiable film genre categories, with descriptions of each type or category. If you're interested in the chronological history of film by decade - visit the section on Film History - by Decade or the multi-part section on Milestones in Film History.