this is a film about storytelling, about how we tell the story of our country s past. why do we want to believe one version and not another? maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. there is one episode of america s history that is told very differently, depending on who you are and where you live. it is the story of our civil war and what came after. the hot winds of war blow across the land. made of it, a country divided. friend turned into foe. brother fought against brother. it was such a long and drawn struggle. and the feeling on both sides was so intense. we all just romantics, lost in contemporary times you might say. every one of us feels like we were born 125 years too late. to introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. this is nelson walker. we are independent documentary filmmakers. we re making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. [inaudible] and we re going to place this with a deep connection to this the history. what made you c
what did you want to do when you were little? and you have a backup for that if you couldn t get that? when i was really little, i wanted to be superman. when i got a little bit older, i wanted to be an anthropologist. do you know what an anthropologist is? somebody wgo goes around the world and studies the ways other people live. like this? kind of like this. people are having to come to grips with the civil war, and enslavement, which are sort of the founding bases of the country. our country is like a really old house that you may not want to go into that basement, but if you really don t go into that basement, it s at your own peril. whatever you ignoring will be there to be reckoned with until you reckon with needs reckoning with.