Thunder director Kelly Rundle and actor Jaylen Marks as former slave and abolitionist James Bradley.
We are looking at another SELL OUT! The Saturday, March 23rd Cincinnati premiere of Sons & Daughters of Thunder at the Garfield Theatre, 719 Race Street in Cincinnati is gaining steam. The 4 p.m. screening is SOLD OUT, and the 7 p.m. event is filling up. Advance tickets are STRONGLY recommended at CincyWorldCinema.org.
Jessica Taylor (Harriet Beecher) and Thomas Alan Taylor (Theodore Weld) filming in the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Cincinnati.
A special "Talk Back" with Emmy-nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, and the film's stars Thomas Alan Taylor (Theodore Weld), Jessica Taylor (Harriet Beecher), Janos Horvath (Lyman Beecher) and Jaylen Marks (James Bradley). Some of the props and costumes used in the film will be on display.
Janos Horvath as Lyman Beecher in Lyman's study at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Cincinnati.
WCPO-TV9's local morning show Cincy Lifestyle will feature a segment on Thunder on Friday, March 22 at 10 a.m. Christina Hartlieb, Director of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, will be on the program to talk about the premiere event, former slave and Lane Rebel James Bradley, and share clips from the film.
Some filming took place in the historic Harriet Beecher Stowe House, the last remaining original structure on what was Lane Theological Seminary grounds where the film's story takes place.
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Did you know...
Sons & Daughters of Thunder is based on the critically-acclaimed play by Earlene Hawley and Curtis Heeter.
It 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.
Sons & Daughters of Thunder is co-produced by Kent Hawley, and by Fourth Wall Films, owned by Emmy® nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle, a film and video production company specializing in historical documentaries for public television broadcast and DVD home video.
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The fiscal sponsors for the film project are The Shell Rock Historical Society, and The Moline Foundation. If you are interested in contributing to the film project and receiving screen credit, please click here: SUPPORT THUNDER!
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