Mary Silliman's War: A unique award-winning film on the American Revolution, revealed as the nation's first civil war. Received excellent reviews by top historians, major film awards.

THEMES

While engaging the audience in a moving narrative, the film articulates a number of timely themes. Among these are:

THE REVOLUTION CONSIDERED AS CIVIL WAR
		"You display a side of the Revolution that people today scarcely know anything about -- that it was a fratricidal war of great ferocity."
			John Murrin, Professor of History, Princeton University

GENDER ROLES
	"I especially appreciated the complex portrayal of Mary Silliman -- the way her active taking of initiatives... coexisted in balance or tension with her acceptance of gender-role expectations for women in the family and in society.
		Nancy Cott, Professor of History and American Studies, Yale University

RELIGIOUS CULTURE
		"My particular area of concern is with religious culture and the moral dimensions of Mary's dilemma. On both counts, the film, succeeds beautifully."
			Stephen Marini, Professor of Religion, Wellesley College

SOCIAL AND FAMILY HISTORY
	"(Mary Silliman's War) is the single best depiction of eighteenth-century New England family life I have ever seen."
		Fred Anderson, Associate Professor of History, University of Colorado

	"I think you have portrayed the divisions of this society more accurately than other period films... And the little details are terrific in giving a sense of daily life."
		C. Dallett Hemphill, Assistant Professor, Ursinis College