"Trail of Tears" Alabama Premiere Set for September 20-21st in Clay County Alabama
Ashland, Ala.- Producers of the award-winning film "trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy" have set its first showing in Alabama for September 20-21 at the Historic Ashland Theatre.
Honored as the best documentary at the 31st Annual American Indian Film Institute Festival in San Francisco, the two-hour film portrays the forced removal of the Cherokees from their homes in Alabama and other souther states to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma.
During the 1838 forced march of 16,000 people in severe winter weather, one-fourth of them died, including most of the children and tribal elders. Survivors called the 800 miles journey "the trail where they cried".
The film has been endorsed by both the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the Eastern Band of Cherokees in North Carolina, who are descended from the few Cherokees who avoided the removal.
"Trail of Tears" also received the Silver World Medal at the New York Festival and the Founders Award at the International Cherokee Film Festival in Tahlequah, Okla.
Steven Heape, president and executive producer of Rich-Heape Films and a Cherokee Nation citizen, said "We are extremely gratified with the awards. But it's equally gratifying that so many people attended the screenings and we are informing people about the tragedy that is neglected in the U.S. history books". The film took 10 years to research and produce.
Narrator of the film is famed actor James Earl Jones. Other voices in the film are those of actors James Garner and John Buttram and singer Crystal Gayle. Wes Studi, Cherokee actor who portrayed Geronimo in the movie by the same name as well as performing in "Dances with Wolves" and "The Last of the Mohicans," presents the film's message on cameras in Cherokee with English subtitles.
Two showings have been set for the Alabama premiere: Saturday, Sept. 20 at 6:00pm and Sunday, Sept. 21 at 2:00pm. Advance purchases are recommended. Send $5 for each ticket and specify which showing you wish to attend. Mails to:
The Trail of Tears Premiere
The Ashland Theatre
P.O. Box 218
Ashland, AL 36251
For more information call 256-396-2058
Ashland Theatre's
STAR
Camp Performance:
"What's The Matter With These Kids Today?
July 26th 2:30pm
Admission is Free for theatre friends and family
Ashland, Ala.- Producers of the award-winning film "trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy" have set its first showing in Alabama for September 20-21 at the Historic Ashland Theatre.
Honored as the best documentary at the 31st Annual American Indian Film Institute Festival in San Francisco, the two-hour film portrays the forced removal of the Cherokees from their homes in Alabama and other souther states to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma.
During the 1838 forced march of 16,000 people in severe winter weather, one-fourth of them died, including most of the children and tribal elders. Survivors called the 800 miles journey "the trail where they cried".
The film has been endorsed by both the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the Eastern Band of Cherokees in North Carolina, who are descended from the few Cherokees who avoided the removal.
"Trail of Tears" also received the Silver World Medal at the New York Festival and the Founders Award at the International Cherokee Film Festival in Tahlequah, Okla.
Steven Heape, president and executive producer of Rich-Heape Films and a Cherokee Nation citizen, said "We are extremely gratified with the awards. But it's equally gratifying that so many people attended the screenings and we are informing people about the tragedy that is neglected in the U.S. history books". The film took 10 years to research and produce.
Narrator of the film is famed actor James Earl Jones. Other voices in the film are those of actors James Garner and John Buttram and singer Crystal Gayle. Wes Studi, Cherokee actor who portrayed Geronimo in the movie by the same name as well as performing in "Dances with Wolves" and "The Last of the Mohicans," presents the film's message on cameras in Cherokee with English subtitles.
Two showings have been set for the Alabama premiere: Saturday, Sept. 20 at 6:00pm and Sunday, Sept. 21 at 2:00pm. Advance purchases are recommended. Send $5 for each ticket and specify which showing you wish to attend. Mails to:
The Trail of Tears Premiere
The Ashland Theatre
P.O. Box 218
Ashland, AL 36251
For more information call 256-396-2058
Ashland Theatre's
STAR
Camp Performance:
"What's The Matter With These Kids Today?
July 26th 2:30pm
Admission is Free for theatre friends and family
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