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May 26 , 2008 : Lincoln & Lee airs across the US on PBS and PBS-HD. Washington Crossing, PA, May 26, 2008 --RC&A is pleased to announce that Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom will air nationally on the PBS HD Channel during the weekend when Americans celebrate Memorial Day, a national holiday honoring those who died in service to our country. Distributed nationwide since its release in January 2006, the award-winning Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – The Cost of Freedom DVD is available at video stores, Internet retailers, educational and institutional distributors and large retail chains such as Best Buy, Borders and select Barnes & Noble stores nationwide. Local PBS stations that offer digital broadcast services will broadcast the film in high-definition format on the following May dates (check local listings):
May 26, 2008 6:00 pm (EDT) * Also repeated throughout the week.
Jan. 2, 2008 : Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WWII wins prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award . Washington Crossing, PA, January 02, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Rob Child & Assoc., LLC is pleased to announce that Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WWII, written and directed by Robert Child and narrated by Hal Holbrook has won the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award.
March 12, 2007 : Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WWII will receive Congressional kick-off . Washington Crossing, PA March 12, 2007. Rob Child & Assoc., LLC announced today that director Robert Child’s new film, Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WWII, narrated by acclaimed actor Hal Holbrook, has been selected by New York Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy to be the subject of a special Congressional Press Conference in Washington DC in the Rayburn Office Building on March 20, 2007. Robert Child the film’s writer and director and resident of Bucks County, PA is scheduled to speak at the press conference along with the Chairman of the National WWII Glider Pilot’s Assoc., Inc., Michael J. Samek. During WWII, 6000 young Americans volunteered to fly large unarmed cargo gliders into battle. For these glider pilots every mission was do-or-die. It was their task to repeatedly risk their lives landing the men and tools of war deep within enemy-held territory, often in complete darkness. Gliders played a critical role in nearly all major WWII offensives including Normandy, Market Garden, The Battle of the Bulge and Varsity (the invasion of Germany). Thousands of lives were saved and battles won because of their heroic efforts. Congresswoman McCarthy, author of a joint Congressional resolution honoring America’s WWII glider pilots, has also scheduled a special screening of Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WWII at 6pm on the 20th in Washington for all members of Congress. “When I was first told of this development by my distributor, Inecom Entertainment in Pittsburgh, they began the phone call with ‘Are you sitting down?’ Child reported. Child went on to say that, “The notoriety is especially welcome to the veteran glider pilots whose bravery and accomplishments are virtually unknown to the American public. With the Congressional press conference and screening coinciding with the March 20th release date of the Silent Wings DVD, Americans will now discover a new ‘Band of Brothers’ whose inspiring story will now be told. For additional information: Hon. Carolyn McCarthy Robert Child Press Secretary – George Burke (Office) 215-369-1453 (202) 225-5516 r_child@comcast.net www.robchild.com Julie Halapchuk Inecom Entertainment Company, Inc. 888-258-5164 jhalapch@Algor.com
July 31 , 2006 : Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – The Cost of Freedom wins coveted CINE Golden Eagle Award. RC&A is pleased to announce that Lincoln and Lee at Antietam - The Cost of Freedom written and directed by Robert Child has won the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award. The CINE Golden Eagle Awards, distinguishing excellence in professional works, are recognized internationally as the symbols of the highest production standards in filmmaking and videography. Since its founding in 1957, CINE has been dedicated to discovering, rewarding, educating and supporting established and emerging talent in film and video. Among great talents whose first major awards included the CINE Golden Eagle are Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard and such great documentarians as Ken Burns, Charles Guggenheim, Stanley Nelson, Albert Maysles and Frederick Wiseman. The competition awards will be presented at the Annual CINE Awards Ceremony, to be held in Washington, DC in April 2007. Prizes and awards worth over $25,000 are associated with these awards.
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May 18, 2006 : Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – The Cost of Freedom airs on Memorial Day on PBS|HD. RC&A is pleased to announce that our film will air nationally on the PBS HD Channel during the weekend when Americans celebrate Memorial Day, a national holiday honoring those who died in service to our country. Distributed nationwide since its release in January 2006, the award-winning Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – The Cost of Freedom DVD is available at video stores, Internet retailers, educational and institutional distributors and large retail chains such as Best Buy, Borders and select Barnes & Noble stores nationwide. Local PBS stations that offer digital broadcast services will broadcast the film in high-definition format on the following May dates (check local listings):
May 28, 2006 7:00 pm (EDT) May 29, 2006 4:00 pm, 8:00 pm and 11:00 pm (EDT)
May 15, 2006 : Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – The Cost of Freedom wins top award at Worldfest Houston Film Festival Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – The Cost of Freedom received a “Special Jury Award” at the 39th Annual WorldFest – Houston Film Festival, the third oldest International Film Festival in North America. A jury pool selected the feature-length documentary to receive top honors from a field of over 850 entries in the film and video category. “I am gratified and humbled by the ‘Special Jury Award.’ WorldFest – Houston recognized the value that this documentary has in powerfully illustrating a lesser known, but vitally important, part of American history,” said Director Robert Child upon winning the award.
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April 7, 2006 : Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – The Cost of Freedom has been joined by The History Channel’s Antietam as cinematic depictions of the Battle of Antietam. The History Channel is reportedly running its program during the week-long series 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America beginning Sunday April 9, 2006. The Battle of Antietam altered our country in two ways: first, it is recognized by historians as the turning point in the Civil War; secondly, September 17, 1862 remains the single bloodiest day in American history. Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – The Cost of Freedom is narrated by Ronald F. Maxwell (director of Gettysburg and Gods and Generals) and was written, directed and produced by multiple-award winner Robert Child (Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny and Gettysburg: The Boys in Blue and Gray). This 90-minute feature documentary vividly
brings to life the story of America's fight for freedom in a battle that changed the course of the Civil War.
Scholars featured in Lincoln and Lee at Antietam – The Cost of Freedom include Pulitzer Prize winning author James M. McPherson (Battle Cry of Freedom and Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam); Allen C. Guelzo, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Medal of Honor recipient, a recent nominee by President
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