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Coming Together for Celadon
by Richard Horgan |
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11/23/2009 at 10:30:11 PM |
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As the first-draft editor of many of her brother Carl Ekberg’s books, Anne Johnson knew some twenty years ago that his 18th century historical tome Stealing Indian Women: Native Slavery in the Illinois Country had the makings of a feature film. But it’s unlikely the now semi-retired family therapist realized at the time that this spark would eventually lead to her first ever feature film producer credit for Under These Same Stars: The Celadon Affair,, a grassroots independent drama screening Tuesday, November 24th in Marion, IL as part of a series of staggered fall premieres.
Many historical homes, costumes and props were donated to the making of the film, while the production’s cast sourced from a wide variety of personal backgrounds. For example, playing the lead role of Celadon, a mixed race hunter with ties to a pair of slave girls in 1773 Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, is Brian Smith, a historical re-enactor and U.S. Army engineer currently stationed at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan.
Johnson’s husband Rod was on board as co-producer while their son Dan, a documentary filmmaker and sculptor, took on many jobs as director, including that of building camera cranes. Along with earlier screenings in Ste. Genevieve and at Southern Illinois University, Under These Same Stars is also scheduled to be shown at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis on January 24th
[Photo courtesy of UnderTheseSameStars.com.]
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