[Grad_history_students] FW: Love & Valor - Civil War Documentary - Chicago History Museum - Sunday April 3, 2011 - Reminder

Mon Mar 14 16:47:56 CDT 2011

Historians,

This event at the Chicago History Museum may be of interest to you.

All the best,

Dr. S

Roshanna P. Sylvester, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and
Graduate Program Director
Department of History
DePaul University
rsylvest at depaul.edu

________________________________

From: Charles F Larimer [mailto:clarimer at prodigy.net] 
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 4:09 PM
To: Charles Larimer
Subject: Love & Valor - Civil War Documentary - Chicago History Museum -
Sunday April 3, 2011 - Reminder

Hello,

(A reminder) We hope you can attend:

   Love & Valor - The Intimate Civil War Letters 

                           A Narrative Documentary

                      At the Chicago History Museum

         Based on the letters between Captain Jacob Ritner

             and his wife Emeline from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.

              Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 1:30PM
              Chicago History Museum
              1601 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614 

        Q&A with filmmaker Charlie Larimer following the showing.

(During the Q&A, Larimer will discuss how during the filming of the
movie, and because of the filming the

movie, he learned that the famous and fanatical abolitionist John Brown
lived at his great great great

Aunt Mary Ritner's boarding house in Chambersburg, PA in 1859 while
Brown planned his raid on

Harpers Ferry, which is one of the events that triggered the Civil War.)

Narrated by Tony Award winning actor Brian Dennehy (Cocoon, First Blood,
Presumed 

Innocent, F/X), the story is based on the actual letters between an Iowa
captain during 

the Civil War and his wife. 

Based on the book Love and Valor - The Intimate Civil War Letters 

Between Captain Jacob and Emeline Ritner, which was featured by the
Smithsonian

in the month after 9/11 as a testament to the strength of the American
family. The 

movie was nominated by the Iowa Motion Picture Association for 2010 Best
Documentary. 

Winner Best Documentary at the Black Earth Film Festival, winner of a
Redemptive 

Storyteller Award at the Redemptive Film Festival. 

Modern day Civil War historians have made reference to Jacob and Emeline
Ritner's letters in their 

recent books including James McPherson, Steven Woodworth, Nina Silber,
William Marvel and Myron J. Smith.

*         Studs Terkel - National Memorial Day Radio Broadcast "War
Letters" in 2000 included two of Jacob Ritner's letters

*         James McPherson - "This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the
Civil War"

*         Steven Woodworth - "Nothing But Victory: The Army of the
Tennessee, 1861-1865" (The title of this book is based on a quote by
Jacob Ritner.)

*         William Marvel - "Mr. Lincoln Goes to War," "Lincoln's Darkest
Year: The War in 1862," "The Great Task Remaining: The Third Year of
Lincoln's War"

*         Nina Silber - "Daughters of the Union: Northern Women Fight
the Civil War" (references on 16 pages.)

*         Myron J. Smith - "The Timberclads in the Civil War: The
Lexington, Conestoga, and Tyler on the Western Waters"

Cost is free with museum admission.

Museum Admission Costs - Adults $14 w audio tour, Seniors $12 w audio
tour, Students $12 w audio tour, Children 12 & under - free

This will be part of a month-long celebration of the Civil War at the
Chicago History Museum. See more information at www.chicagohs.org
<http://www.chicagohs.org/> .

Please contact Charles Larimer at clarimer at prodigy.net
<mailto:clarimer at prodigy.net>  for more information.

Look for the Love & Valor Group on Facebook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0w6bC9DSRI
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0w6bC9DSRI> 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifJVI6-whZw
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifJVI6-whZw> 

Love and Valor Movie Web Site

www.loveandvalor.com <http://www.loveandvalor.com/> 

Awards & Nominations

2010 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival - Winner Silver Eddy

2010 Iowa Motion Picture Association - Nominated for Best Documentary

2010 Redemptive Film Festival - Winner Redemptive Storyteller Award

2010 Black Earth Film Festival - Winner Best Documentary

2010 Maverick Movie Awards - Nominated - Best Chronicle; Best Editing;
Best Set Design

2011 Beloit International Film Festival

Nominated - Best Documentary; 

Winner Emerging Filmmaker Award

Official Selection

2010 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival - April 9-10, 2010

2010 River Bend Film Festival - So Bend , IN - April 30-May 1, 2010

2010 Interrobang Film Festival - Des Moines, IA - June 25-27, 2010

2010 Landlocked Film Festival - Iowa City, IA - August 26-29, 2010

2010 Glen Rose Neo-Relix Film Festival - Glen Rose, TX - August 26-28,
2010

2010 Black Earth Film Festival - Galesburg , IL - September 16-18, 2010

2010 Naperville Independent Film Festival - Naperville , IL - September
18-24, 2010

2010 Louisville International Festival of Film - Louisville , KY -
September 30-October 3, 2010

2010 Nashua International Film Festival, Nashua , NH - October 1-3, 2010

2010 Orlando Film Festival, Orlando , FL - November 3-7, 2010

2010 Redemptive Film Festival, Virginia Beach , VA , November 12-13,
2010

2011 Beloit International Film Festival, Beloit , WI - February 17-20,
2011

2011 S.U.R.G.E. Film Festival - Austin, TX - March 11-13, 2011 and
Portland, OR - May 23-24, 2011

2011 Memphis International Film Festival - Memphis, TN - April 7-10,
2011

2011 New Hope Film Festival - New Hope, PA - July 8-17, 2011

Upcoming Showings

April 3, 2011 - Chicago History Museum - Civil War Sesquicentennial
Event

May 14, 2011 - Cedar Rapids, IA - DAR Program

July 4th 2011 Weekend - Muscatine Public Library, Muscatine, IA

Special Showings

Chambersburg, PA - May 1, 2009 - Fund raiser for the John Brown/Mary
Ritner House

Cedar Rapids, IA - Feb 23, 2010 - Fund raiser for Ushers Ferry Historic
Village & HD Youth Ctr

Boscobel, WI - March 26, 2010 - Fund raiser for Muskets & Memories Civil
War Reenactment

Mt. Pleasant, IA - April 9, 2010 - Fund raiser for the Harlan Lincoln
House

Des Moines, IA - May 21, 2010 - Fund raiser for Preservation of Iowa
Battle Flags, IA Hist Society

Reedsburg, WI - May 29, 2010 - Fund raiser for Reedsburg HS History Club
& Drama Club

Lamoni, IA - August 16, 2010 - Fund raiser for Lamoni Civil War Days

Leon, IA - August 17, 2010 - Fund raiser for Lamonia Civil War Days

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