Storytelling, about how we tell the story of our countrys 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 americas 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 blew across the land. Made of it, a country divided. Friend turned into foe. Brother fought against brother. It was such a long and drawn out struggle. And the feeling on both sides was so intense. Were 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. Were making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. Were filming in different schools all over virginia and were going to place this with a deep connection to this history. What made you cho
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 winds of war blew across the land, made of it a country divided. friend turned into foe. brother fought against brother. it was such a long and drawn-out struggle, and the feeling on both sides was so intense. we re all just romantics, lost in contemporary times, you might say. every one of us feels we was born 125 years too late. to introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. this is nelson walker. hi. we are independent documentary filmmakers. we re making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. we re filming in lots of different schools, and we re going places with a deep connection to this
front of the newspaper and drove over to the cemetery and found this beautiful place, and immediately felt the need to organize some community cleanups to bring attention to it. many of the african americans that are buried here were not slaves. and so they could be buried and recognized in different ways, but there is a very interesting cemetery called beck knob cemetery that s located on the north side of town, and it was a slave cemetery. and when you look at how overgrown it is, it s almost sad that you can almost drive past it and not even know it. would you take us there? yeah, i can take you there, but i don t know how much you ll be able to see because it s really overgrown.
that there is a place here that s so rich with history and i didn t know about it. and so i used the map on the front of the newspaper and drove over to the cemetery and found this beautiful place, and immediately felt the need to organize some community cleanups to bring attention to it. many of the african americans that are buried here were not slaves. and so they could be buried and recognized in different ways, but there is a very interesting cemetery called beck knob cemetery that s located on the north side of town, and it was a slave cemetery. and when you look at how overgrown it is, it s almost sad that you can almost drive past it and not even know it. would you take us there? yeah, i can take you there, but i don t know how much you ll be able to see because it s really overgrown.