On this 23rd day of November we honor abolitionist and Lane rebel Theodore Weld's 215th birthday by announcing the Cincinnati Premiere of Sons & Daughters of Thunder is set for Saturday, March 23, 2019 at the downtown Garfield Theatre, 719 Race Street. The docudrama, produced by Mid-America Emmy-nominated filmmakers Kelly & Tammy Rundle, and Kent Hawley, will screen at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. A Q&A with the filmmakers and others will follow the movie.
This special Cincinnati premiere event is sponsored by the Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House.
Thomas Alan Taylor plays firebrand Theodore Weld in Sons & Daughters of Thunder.
"We are very excited to show Sons & Daughters of Thunder in the city where the true story took place 185 years ago," said producer Tammy Rundle. "Attendees of the film premiere will also have the opportunity to visit historic sites in Cincinnati with connections to the story, including the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, the last remaining structure on what was Lane Theological Seminary grounds where abolitionist Theodore Weld and his 'Lane Rebels' made history with the first public discussions of the abolition of slavery."
The Quad Cities Premiere of Sons & Daughters of Thunder is set for the Putnam Giant Screen 1717 W 12th St, Davenport, Iowa on Saturday, March 16th at 6:30 p.m. Q&A with the filmmakers and other film participants will follow the movie. Both premiere events take place during the 185th Anniversary of the Lane Debates.
Sons & Daughters of Thunder is based on a play by Earlene Hawley and Curtis Heeter and tells the unforgettable true story of the beginning of the end of slavery in America. 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 (a border community) 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 realities of slavery.
Produced and directed by Kelly and Tammy Rundle, their company Fourth Wall Films is an award-winning and Regional Emmy® nominated independent film and video production company formerly located in Los Angeles, and now based in the Quad Cities.
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