Philadelphia. Homicide detectives are searching for clues and interviewing people. They want to know why a female jogger was found dead this morning. Was it an accident or a case of foul play . The latest in the probe of the death ofw÷w connie mcclainmurray. Her body was found in the park this morning. Dann cuellar is live at police headquarters. Dann, what is the latest here . Reporter a lot of new information tonight. They are working the case hard and heavy. They do believe this to be an apparent homicide and possible sexual assault. Could it be the work of a serial rapist that remains on the loose . It happened near the crispin area in pennypack park. They questioned people that may have seen anything. They want to know about anyone that is known no frequent the area. We have young kids that get high. That is all the trash that you find there. Reporter the body of connie mcclainmurray was found at 6 00 by a woman walking her dog. She didnt have a cell phone. She had to stop a sept
Jogger was found dead this morning. Was it an accident or a case of foul play . The latest in the probe of the death ofw÷w connie mcclainmurray. Her body was found in the park this morning. Dann cuellar is live at police headquarters. Dann, what is the latest here . Reporter a lot of new information tonight. They are working the case hard and heavy. They do believe this to be an apparent homicide and possible sexual assault. Could it be the work of a serial rapist that remains on the loose . It happened near the crispin area in pennypack park. They questioned people that may have seen anything. They want to know about anyone that is known no frequent the area. We have young kids that get high. That is all the trash that you find there. Reporter the body of connie mcclainmurray was found at 6 00 by a woman walking her dog. She didnt have a cell phone. She had to stop a septa bus driver to call the police. There was signs of a struggle. They are investigating if she has been sexually as
My sons came up with the idea a few years ago i should take p n plantation mistress to hollywood and say, real housewives of the old south. You should. But the patriot, at the same time, youre sitting there and these little freshmen come in, and why are you here, whats your interest . And they saw the film. Part of it is to get people excited about the past even if its not our past, even if its nobodys past, some fantasy past. Vampire past. And this brings us a question of what constitutes a film about slavery . Would you think of ride with the devil as a film about slavery or Cold Mountain . No. There are slaves in those films, but theyre very marginal and theyre thereubidleh almost to establish Cold Mountain had no slaves, no black voices. You see a black woman being drugged, being carried. R t hahp hc nod. And i think that was a subconscious Cold Mountain view of the world. We know theyre there, but this is our film. You even see Nicole Kidman taking refreshments out to the slaves b
Aspects of war crimes so it is very interesting connections. Our next speaker is Carole Emberton who is an associate professor of history at the university of buffalo. Carole works on the civil war era as does everyone else here. Her first book was beyond redemption race, violence and the american south. She is currently working on a book that will be titled a folk history of freedom, dealing with the federal projects, writers projects and the interviews of former slaves during the depression era. Her paper today is a hungry belly and freedom rations, refugees and reconstruction after the civil war. I am delighted to introduce Carole Emberton. [applause] thank you, everyone, for coming to spend a portion of this glorious spring day inside with us. Since i am it is kind of fortuitous since i am the last speaker before lunch that i will talk a lot about food. Let me get started here. There we go. The slaves in winnsboro, South Carolina, anticipated the arrival of william t. Shermans troo
For example in january 1865, ab maryland has abolished slavery. Bn. The confederates are talking about offering limited emancipation in order for talk service in the army. Things have changed. This was not a debate they woult have in the cabinet in the way that Tony Horowitz or steven in spielberg portrayed. Such its such a wonderful thing to see, a film addressing such a fm complicated issues, but the timing is all wrong. Timi ecti from ave dramatic perspective, frostbite an Artistic License perspective is totally understandable. They need to create drama and tension. This is act i, right . S screenwriting 101, you set up tension and then you resolve itw i give them all the license they of this conflict between the tw conservatives and the radicals,o they have to introduce something that doesnt actually appear inc the book thats the basis for the film. tats t so the film is supposedly built around the team of rivals, doris kern goodmans book. But in the team of rivals, socalled seward