In the year since FREEDOM premiered at the Abingdon Cinemall in Abingdon, VA, the film has won Best Feature at the 2008 Virginia Independent Film Festival sponsored by the Virginia Film Office, Best Film at the 2007 Southern Appalachian Independent Film Festival in Johnson City, TN, and Best Docu-drama at the 2008 Bare Bones Film Festival in Muskogee, OK.
In the midst of a war being fought to define political freedom, two men struggle with the truths of individual freedom and the courage that it takes to face what it really means to be free.
The date was November 6, 1863. For over two-and-a-half years nearly three million Union and Confederate forces had been fighting the American Civil War. Battles both large and small had occured in thousands of places across North America.
In northeast Tennessee on that cold day in November Confederate forces under the command of Gen W.E. "Grumble" Jones routed outmanned Union forces and took over 800 prisoners on a forced march to Bristol, where they would be loaded onto trains and sent to prison camps in Richmond and Andersonville. Among the prisoners were two injured men from the Seventh Ohio Cavalry: Captain Theodore Allen and Lieutenant A.A. Carr.
With help from Union sympathizers and some generous but unwitting Confederates, the two men escape and make their way across the countryside. Along the way they meet Daniel Adams, a free black man who serves as a mountain pilot on the Underground Railroad, their guide to safety across the rugged mountains of east Tennessee.
Before the journey ends, both men discover that freedom is something all men possess, but living that freedom can have costs they never imagined.
Yay I can't wait. Now I can watch my friends Justin and Travis in your movie Justin is in my company. He was one of the soldiers dragging the dead union prisoner infront of the other union prisoners in that capture scene.
Technically the film does not have a rating. That's a process you have to go through with the MPAA that I haven't taken the time to do yet. (It's not required and can take a while, I think.) I'm saying that it's the equivalent of PG-13, but it may be that PG would be more appropriate. There's not a lot of violence and nothing really graphic. There are a couple of times that adult language is used, but mostly nothing much worse than what you'd hear on TV.
Hey Rick - does this film have a rating? I'm not going to be able to make the premier because of work. :( But I'm sending my parents, brother and a few friends in my place! My sister and her son might come too, and they were wondering about a rating - he's just about to turn 10. Break a leg, and if I can work it, I'll try to get in town for a show!
Thanks for the add.
Good luck on the final stages of the movie.
I've heard alot about it through Shane.
The trailers look great!
Can't wait to see the whole movie.
Have a great day.
Wow! I just watched the trailers - this looks amazing! Can't wait! I'll be working at Dollywood again this summer, (I'll actually be in JC in two weeks) so I should be around for the release!
Thanks to Rick and John for their direction and acting tips. and thanks to Mike for giving so much in our scene. What a pleaseure it is to work with so many extremely talented and giving individuals! love to all, bobby
