Wilson’s Creek sponsors Moxie for Civil War film series

The films are the work of Kansas City-based Wide Awake Films, and showings will be free and open to the public, according to a news release from the foundation.

Wide Awake Films will shoot footage Aug. 9–12 for a new interpretive film that will be shown to battlefield visitors. That film is funded by the foundation, and the pubic is invited to visit during the film shoot and see hundreds of Civil War re-enactors in battle, hospital and camp scenes.

The film screening schedule is:

• At noon July 22 at Moxie Cinema – “Spotsylvania Courthouse.” This 45-minute film covers the violent clash between Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee at the crossroads of the Spotsylvania Courthouse in Virginia. Following the film, Robert Pollard of Wilson’s Creek will be on hand for a question-and-answer session.

• At noon July 29 at Moxie Cinema – “The Battle of Franklin: Five Hours in the Valley of Death.” This Emmy-award-winning documentary, partially filmed on the original battlefield, is about a fateful campaign to regain control of Tennessee from federal forces. The film is 65 minutes long. Following the film, Jeff Patrick of Wilson's Creek will be on hand for a question-and-answer session.

• At 8 p.m. Aug. 4 at Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Visitor Center – “Bad Blood.” The newest film from Wide Awake Films covers the Missouri-Kansas border wars that helped spark the Civil War. Following the 90-minute film, Bill Piston of Missouri State University’s history department will make a presentation. This film also will play at 2 p.m. Aug. 5 at Moxie.

For more information on Wilson's Creek's anniversary activities, visit http://www.nps.gov/wicr/.