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
also smart in the classroom. try try i m just trying to be great in life. i m trying to make something of my life, i m trying to be successful. to be honest with you, what i been through. because there are people who just look at the good things, look at the good things. but i d rather you see what the negativity was so it s like it counteracts. it s like here is the bad but here where i am, i m good now. i m in a good zone. you know what i m saying? it s more like i rather you not just tell half of my story. i d rather you tell the whole story. there is this one word a teacher once described me as, yeah, i think it was sympathetic. i thought she called me pathetic when she said it. it might have been empathetic. yeah. at the end of the day, we all have feelings. we all have a history that nobody else knows about. and, yeah.
football player, but almost i m also smart in the classroom. try try i m just trying to be great in life. i m trying to make something of my life, i m trying to be successful. to be honest with you, what i been through. because there are people who just look at the good things, look at the good things. but i d rather you see what the negativity was so it s like it counteracts. it s like here is the bad but here where i am, i m good now. i m in a good zone. you know what i m saying? it s more like i rather you not just tell half of my story. i d rather you tell the whole story. there is this one word a teacher once described me as, yeah, i think it was sympathetic. i thought she called me pathetic when she said it. it might have been empathetic. yeah. at the end of the day, we all have feelings. we all have a history that nobody else knows about. and, yeah.
football player, but almost but also i m smart in the classroom. i try to be i m just trying to be great in life. i m trying to make something of my life, i m trying to be successful. to be honest with you, what i been through. because there are people who just look at the good things, look at the good things. but i d rather you see what the negativity was so it s like it counteracts. it s like here is the bad but here where i am, i m good now. i m in a good zone. i was you know what i m saying? it s more like i rather you not just tell half of my story. i d rather you tell the whole story. there is this one word a teacher once described me as, yeah, i think it was sympathetic. i thought she called me pathetic when she said it. it might have been empathetic. yeah. at the end of the day, we all have feelings. we all have a history that nobody else knows about. and, yeah.