A Bridge Too Far From Hero Street, the true story of Pvt. William Sandoval’s involvement in the largest air assault in history, is an Official Selection at the Alternating Currents Festival and will screen FREE at the Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd Street in Davenport, Iowa in the John Deere Auditorium. The documentary produced by award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films is included in a one-hour block of Family-Friendly films and will be presented on Friday, Aug. 20 at 5:00 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 21 at 11:00 a.m.; Sunday Aug. 22 at 11:00 a.m.
The Festival has included an additional screening at the Mockingbird on Main, 320 N. Main St. in Davenport on Saturday at 3:00 p.m.
It was the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 that motivated William “Willie” Sandoval and many others to enlist in the military. At age 20, he completed his training and was assigned to Co. F, 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division. After initial and extended combat action in Italy, Willie’s unit reformed in England. In September 1944, he became part of the ill-fated Operation Market Garden. The day after his 21st birthday, Willie was one of 20,000 paratroopers who leaped into the sky over German occupied Holland. He wrote to his sister Rufina, “You will never know, sis, how happy I will be when I step onto the doorstep and say, “I’m home, Dad. That will be the happiest day of my life.”
“Life changed for Willie Sandoval when he left to serve his country during WWII, and he was longing to return home to be with his loved ones and to have some normalcy,” said producer Tammy Rundle.
Art by Bruce Walters.
Only a block and a half long, Second Street in Silvis, Illinois lost six young men in World War II and two in the Korean War, more than any other street in America. Hero Street, as it is now known, has provided over 100 service members since Mexican-American immigrants settled there in 1929.
Hero Street, a multi-part documentary series by Emmy®-nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle, will explore the personal and family sagas behind each of the eight heroes and tell the compelling true story of an ongoing struggle to memorialize Tony Pompa, Frank Sandoval, William Sandoval, Claro Soliz, Peter Masias, Joseph Sandoval, Joseph Gomez and John S. Muños.
The Alternating Currents is a festival featuring music, comedy, film, and art with more than 60 national, regional and local acts over the four-day event at locations across Downtown Quad Cities including 25 locations in downtown Davenport. Now in its fourth year, Alternating Currents is organized by the Downtown Davenport Partnership (DDP), a division of the Quad Cities Chamber, in collaboration with local talent across our region’s creative community. Read more about the festival at QuadCities.com.
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