"Rebels on Lake Erie," a locally produced documentary about a college-educated pirate's attempt to liberate Confederate officers imprisoned on Johnson's Island near Sandusky, premieres Thursday, April 19, at 6:30 p.m. in the ballroom at Â鶹ֱ²¥ of Akron's historic Quaker Square Inn, 135 S. Broadway, Akron.
Free and open to the public, the premiere event will also feature Civil War music and re-enactors. Many of the documentary's featured experts and production team members will be available for questions. A panel on "Memory in the Civil War" will follow the screening. Free parking is available.
Western Reserve Public Media (WNEO/WEA0) will broadcast "Rebels on Lake Erie" on April 23 at 10 p.m.
Project led by Â鶹ֱ²¥ professor
Three years in the making, the documentary was written, directed and produced by Distinguished Professor Kathleen Endres of the Â鶹ֱ²¥ School of Communication. It was underwritten by a grant from the Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, with support from the School of Communication.
The April 19 premiere is co-sponsored by Â鶹ֱ²¥ of Akron's Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences and School of Communication, Western Reserve Public Media and the Ohio Humanities Council.
More information is available at , or by contacting Kathleen Endres at endres@uakron.edu.
Media contact: Cyndee Snider, 330-972-5196 or cyndee@uakron.edu.