A special Dillon Home Museum benefit screening of Sons & Daughters of Thunder, a new film by Mid-America Emmy® nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, will be held on Thursday, April 18 at 6:00 p.m. at Centennial Auditorium at Sterling High School, 1608 4th Avenue, Sterling, Illinois. Tickets are $6/pp and can be reserved at www.centennialauditorium.org. Proceeds benefit the preservation of the Dillon Home Museum.
Based on the critically-acclaimed play by Earlene Hawley and Curtis Heeter, Sons & Daughters of Thunder tells the true story of the 1834 Cincinnati, Ohio Lane Theological Seminary anti-slavery debates. The controversial meetings, led by abolitionist and firebrand Theodore Weld (played by actor Thomas Alan Taylor), were the first to publicly discuss the end of slavery in America. The meetings angered Cincinnati residents and Lane Seminary officials, who promptly slapped a gag order on the entire student body. This action was followed by a freedom of speech protest and mass exodus of Lane students to Oberlin College.
A young Harriet Beecher’s (played by actress Jessica Taylor) exposure to the debates and Weld's continuing work to free the slaves sparked a flame that led her to write her magnum opus Uncle Tom's Cabin.
The Dillon Home Museum in Sterling, Illinois served as one of the key locations for the movie, with numerous scenes filmed inside and outside the historic site. Principal photography for Sons & Daughters of Thunder took place in Illinois, Ohio and Connecticut.
Sons & Daughters of Thunder is slated for national release in April 2019 with screenings in independent theaters and film festivals. It will be released nationally on DVD in late July, followed by broadcasts on PBS stations. For more information about Sons & Daughters of Thunder, visit www.LaneRebelsMovie.com.
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