Sons & Daughters of Thunder

"Thunder" DVD Comes Out in Time for the Holidays

It's been a long time coming, but here it is! Pre-order the Sons & Daughters of Thunder DVD for the HOLIDAYS and SAVE!

Just in time for the holidays! Pre-order the Sons & Daughters of Thunder DVD now for just $25 and receive FREE shipping!  The DVD will feature the film and BONUS FEATURES. 

The regular retail price for the DVD will be $26.99, PLUS shipping.  Pre-order by December 17th and receive the DVD by Christmas.

*Final DVD art and Bonus Features TBD.

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Happy Holidays!

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 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 actress Jessica Taylor) 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 was partially funded by a grant from the Quad City Arts, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, with support from Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation, and the Bix Biederbecke Inn. The Moline Foundation and the Shell Rock Community Historical Society served as the fiscal sponsors on the film project.  The film is co-produced by Kelly & Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films and Kent Hawley. Kimberly Kurtenbach is the Executive Producer of the film.

Kelly & Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films are the producers of multiple award-winning historical documentaries and the Mid-America Emmy® nominated documentaries Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City, Country School: One Room – One Nation and Letters Home to Hero Street. 

 

2020 "Thunder" Engagements & WQPT-PBS Broadcast in works; December DVD Release

Tom Walljasper (Professor Biggs), Tristan Tapscott (Henry Thompson), Don Denton (William T. Allan), Thomas Alan Taylor (Theodore Weld) and Anthony Stratton (James Thome) during a scene in Sons & Daughters of Thunder.

The Moline Public Library has announced a SAVE THE DATE for a special Sons & Daughters of Thunder screening in its main auditorium during Black History Month on Thursday, February 6th, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. The free public program will include a Q&A with Emmy-nominated filmmakers Kelly & Tammy Rundle and other film participants.

Sons & Daughters of Thunder will have its PBS broadcast premiere on WQPT-PBS in February 2020 during Black History Month. The Rundles' new documentary Becoming Harriet Beecher Stowe will also air during that month. More details to come! 

The beautiful historic Fayette Opera House will showcase Sons & Daughters of Thunder on Saturday, April 18  at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. in Fayette, Ohio. Tickets cost:  $12.00 General Admission, $10.00 Seniors; $8.00 Students, and can be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com or reserve tickets at the Box Office by calling 419-237-2721.

Watch for the DVD release of Sons & Daughters of Thunder this December, and visit LaneRebelsMovie.com regularly for more events and film festival screening updates!

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 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 actress Jessica Taylor) 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 was partially funded by a grant from the Quad City Arts, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, with support from Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation, and the Bix Biederbecke Inn. The Moline Foundation and the Shell Rock Community Historical Society served as the fiscal sponsors on the film project.  The film is co-produced by Kelly & Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films and Kent Hawley. Kimberly Kurtenbach is the Executive Producer of the film.

Kelly & Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films are the producers of multiple award-winning historical documentaries and the Mid-America Emmy® nominated documentaries Good Earth: Awakening the Silent City, Country School: One Room – One Nation and Letters Home to Hero Street.