What a remarkable journey we have been on! We are happy to report that 85% of production on Sons & Daughters of Thunder has been completed, with final filming with our cast taking place in July. We are excited to be at this stage of the project and more and more people are eager to join us on this adventure!
Here is your opportunity to become a part of the Thunder team! We are launching another "Thunder Funder" through IndieGoGo to raise a portion of the capstone funds needed to complete the production phase of Sons & Daughters of Thunder.
It's easy to join the team! Just visit our IndieGoGo Campaign by clicking HERE and you can select a contribution level that works for you, receive fabulous perks, and help us reach our goal of $2125 by July 15th, 2014. Any funds raised over and above our goal will go toward the post-production editing phase of the project.
For those who have contributed in the past, we welcome your support again! You may qualify to upgrade your movie credit & receive additional bonus perks!
If you know of anyone who might be interested in supporting Sons & Daughters of Thunder by making a tax-deductible contribution through the project’s fiscal sponsor—The Shell Rock Historical Society--Film, please have them contact us at [email protected].
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 acclaimed stage 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 acclaimed stage actress Jess Denney) 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.
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We extend our deep appreciation to everyone who has supported and contributed to the Sons & Daughters of Thunder movie project in the past and to our new supporters. It is exciting to know that there are so many interested in helping us tell this forgotten but important American story. We are nearing the end of our journey!
Help us reach the finish line on filming the final scenes of the movie and staying on schedule to release the film in 2018. You can help keep Thunder rolling!
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