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February 4, 2011 | Posted by javal
Artist Aaron Chandler knows firsthand how a single experience or moment in time can have the power to change one’s life work forever.
That moment for Chandler came several years ago when he made his first visit to the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania.
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February 4, 2011 | Posted by javal
Acclaimed historian Shelby Foote insisted that any true understanding of American history, and thus of America, must be rooted in an understanding of the Civil War.
For Foote and scores of history buffs, often it was the power of pictures that helped trigger their curiosity. Soldiers marching up against a shower of shot and shell, seeing [...]
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February 3, 2011 | Posted by javal
150 years ago this month, seven Southern states seceded from the Union, igniting the American Civil War. A defining event in US history, it lasted four years, claimed nearly a million lives, and led to the abolition of slavery. Yet despite its impact even today, there is no major art exhibition planned in the US [...]
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February 2, 2011 | Posted by javal
The Civil War officially ended when Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered on April 9, 1865. A brash new play from a playwright making his New York debut puts the day of reckoning a little later.
Matthew Lopez’s “The Whipping Man” explores what freedom, religion and family means for a returning Confederate soldier and his former slaves [...]
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January 27, 2011 | Posted by javal
The 10 best Civil War films show the reasons behind the war, its devastation and the state of the U.S. once fighting ceased. These films provide a glimpse of the far-reaching effects of the war and what normal citizens were required to do to survive the war that pitted brother against brother and friend against [...]
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January 27, 2011 | Posted by javal
We have been tracking Robert Redford’s “The Conspirator” since witnessing its debut at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. Lionsgate and Roadside acquired the historical drama at TIFF, and plans an April release. But this morning, you get your first extended look at the film’s trailer.
Redford’s “Conspirator” stars James McAvoy as Civil War attorney Frederick [...]
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January 13, 2011 | Posted by javal
The Whipping Man, Matthew Lopez’s historical drama about a Confederate Jewish solider returning home to his former slaves, who are also Jewish, gets its New York City premiere starting Jan. 13.
Doug Hughes directs the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Off-Broadway production at New York City Center Stage I. Opening night is Feb. 1.
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January 13, 2011 | Posted by javal
Area residents next month may find some history of note from their own backyard with the Ozarks Public Television premiere of “Civil War Battle of Newtonia.”
Using historical photographs and re-enactment scenes shot last May at the Newtonia location, the film documents the often overlooked battle that took place in September 1862.
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December 21, 2010 | Posted by javal
Ever wondered what Carl Edwards would look like dressed up as a Civil War general? Well, if you have — and don’t pretend that you haven’t — you’re in luck.
Edwards is scheduled to be Confederate General John B. Gordon in the HBO miniseries “To Appomattox.” The miniseries’ site says that it’s in negotiation with more [...]
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December 16, 2010 | Posted by javal
With Breaking Bad and Mad Men collecting awards hardware and The Walking Dead smashing ratings records, AMC is not letting up. Today, it announced that it is picking up to series Hell on Wheels, a Western about an ex-Confederate soldier after the Civil War who heads west to work on the Transcontinental Railroad and seek [...]
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