Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in Rock Island, Illinois.
The location for the first production shoot of Sons & Daughters of Thunder has been secured at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum in Rock Island, Illinois.
Karpeles Museum Director John Snow was pleased to permit filming to take place in the Museum's upper auditorium where restoration work is in progress and is expected to be completed later this summer.
The room will serve as the scene where black abolitionist Frederick Douglass (portrayed by Los Angeles actor Mark Winn) delivers his infamous Fourth of July speech to a crowd in 1852.
Sons & Daughters of Thunder Director Kelly Rundle and Director of Photography Kevin Railsback.
Emmy® nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films joined their award-winning Director of Photography Kevin Railsback (of Filmmaking Naturally) in March to film tests at the location. Actor Jaylen Marks, a student at Augustana College, auditioned during the test and stood in for the part of Frederick Douglass.
Augustana College student/actor Jaylen Marks auditions and stands in for a test for Thunder.
The Karpeles Manuscript LibraryMuseum is the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents. The library was founded in 1983 by David and Marsha Karpeles, with the goal of stimulating interest in learning, especially in children. The Rock Island museum was formerly a Christian Science Church, designed by architect William C. Jones of Chicago in the Palladian style.
The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum is located at 700 22nd St Rock Island, Illinois and is open Tuesday through Saturday 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Admission is free.
Sons & Daughters of Thunder, a new film based on the award-winning play by Earlene Hawley and Curtis Heeter, tells the unforgettable true story of the beginning of the end of slavery in America. The film is slated for release in 2014.
Kelly & Tammy Rundle are the producers of the regional Emmy®-nominated historical documentary Country School: One Room – One Nation, and the award-winning and critically-acclaimed documentary films Lost Nation: The Ioway 1, 2 & 3 and Villisca: Living with a Mystery. The are currently in production on the documentaries Hero Street and River to River: Iowa's Highway 6. They are in post-production on the documentary Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg.
For more information about the Sons & Daughters of Thunder docudrama, visit www.LaneRebelsMovie.com.