The second round of auditions for key roles in the new docudrama Sons & Daughters of Thunder will take place with casting director Kimberly Kurtenbach Furness on Friday, August 9, 2013 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Contact: Kim@thecurtainbox.com for details.
Production will begin in late September or early October and will run through March of 2014. Production will mainly take place on weekends in the Quad City area, with some filming in Cincinnati, Ohio and Hartford, CT. The film is slated for release late 2014.
Produced by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Kelly & Tammy Rundle (Fourth Wall Films) Sons & Daughters of Thunder is based on the award-winning play by Earlene Hawley and Curtis Heeter, and tells the unforgettable true story of the beginning of the end of slavery in America.
Synopsis: In 1834, if polite discussions about abolishing slavery were considered inappropriate among Americans in Northern states, then eighteen days of public student-sponsored debates on the divisive subject at Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio were scandalous.
Organized by Theodore Weld, one of the architects of the abolitionist movement, the shocking oratory sparked intense controversy and awakened a young Harriet Beecher Stowe to the horrors of slavery.
When school trustees slapped a gag order on the "Lane Rebels," most of the students left the school in collective protest. Years later, Harriet's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was described by President Abraham Lincoln as the book that started the Civil War.
See "Cast & Crew" category on this site for more information about the key roles being cast.
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