As the nation commemorates the 150th of civil war, a new documentary film explores the decades long incubation of the tragedy that finally claimed a million lives. Chronic duration of the history of America since the ratification of the Constitution in the attack on the Confederate forces on Fort Sumter, "Henry Clay and the struggle for the Union" is the first documentary film ever produced on the statesman which made the disunity and the civil war more than 40 years. The one hour documentary, written and hosted by historian Kent Masterson Brown, was produced for public television by the witness of history, LLC. The film first on PBS affiliate Kentucky, KET, June 13 at 10: 00 a.m., with ten additional airdates currently planned on the KET network.
"" Henry Clay and the struggle for the Union "delves into the intricacies of the history of our country as never before, telling the story of the man who promoted"honourable compromise"for the greater good of the nation," commented Thomas P. Dupree, father of executive producer "it is a great honour to play a part in bringing this story to life."
Period paintings, photographs and documents, images of the old Senate Chamber in the capitol Nation and spectacular scenes portraying Henry Clay and his colleagues, illustrate the history of those seeking grant mutual to quell outbreaks of conflicts between slave and free States. Almost twenty museums and historical societies, including the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; the library of Congress. Cincinnati Art Museum. The National Archives; Metropolitan Museum of art. Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate. Filson Historical Society; and the Virginia Historical Society has contributed to the documentary, with many of the pieces are captured for the first time ever on the film.
"The documentary explores the impact of slavery on the expansion to the West of the nation and how the conflict between North and South is, ultimately, overwhelming," said the writer, producer and host Kent Masterson Brown. "History is nothing else than to lessons and there is much that we can glean from the political career of Clay and the compromise of 1820, 1833 and 1850."
The program was directed by Douglas High, who collaborated with Kent Masterson Brown of witnesses retreat from Gettysburg and Bourbon and Kentucky History Award winning films: A History distilled. Brown, originally from Lexington, Kentucky, practiced law in Lexington and Washington, D.C. for 36 years. He is also a well respected historian, author and lecturer, who has received numerous awards for his work in the history of the civil war and historic preservation. High near 20 years of management experience and dissemination of production and is currently a newscaster for ABC 36 of Lexington. It also proudly serves a public affairs officer in the United States Navy reserve.
The film was made possible by the purchase of support of mutual fund of Dupree, the Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau, University of Transylvania, the McConnell Center for political Leadership and Michael Rowady, Esq..
DVD of "Henry Clay and the struggle for the Union" are available for purchase online at http://www.witnessinghistoryonline.com and http://www.amazon.com. For airdates of PBS Kentucky, visit http://www.ket.org.
On the witness of history, LLC
Witness of history was founded in 2007 by nationally recognized, award-winning author and historian Kent Masterson Brown and award-winning producer and Director Douglas High. The history of witness mission is to innovate in the production of unique broadcasting and documentary programs historical of DVD in high definition, offering books written by Mr. Brown and hosting guided tours of the battlefield of the civil war staged throughout the year. http://www.witnessinghistoryonline.com
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