One Lies, The Other Swears •...go I • My Brother's War • Circle

Logline:

A young woman takes on the identity of her brother in order to search for him in the Confederate ranks during the Civil War. Along the way she meets a widow escaping the Union soldiers who have burned her farm and killed her child. Together they heal each other’s wounds.

Film Synopsis:

On the day of her engagement, Grace Kieler finds her family and fiance divided on political matters. With her future husband off to join the Union army and her brother vowing loyalty to the Confederates, she is torn. She promises her father that she will protect and care for her brother. Upon her father's death Grace decides to cut her hair, don her brother's clothes, and take his name to join the ranks of the Rebel army. She must find him and keep him from getting killed. Along the way, she meets Virginia Klaising, a widow and mother grieving the death of her only son. Virginia begins to fall for this Rebel 'boy' as they travel the backwoods avoiding both armies trying to get back home. By the same turn, Henry (Grace) finds himself comforted by this unfortunate woman. Together they are able to mend the wounds that tear the underpinnings of the heart. As love blooms and the secret becomes harder to conceal, the two realize that they have something precious---an unspoken candor that reveals the soul. When Henry is shot and brought back from most certain death, the secret is revealed and yet the bond grows stronger. After living through such brutal loss and watching the carnality of war unfold before them, they realize they only have each other. And yet it is more than enough. It is the balm that soothes---the quiet whisper that comforts. Each becomes a beacon in a time of great darkness, though their journey is short-lived as each must reach a destination without the other.

Director’s Biography:

As a producer Whitney’s projects include short films: Flores, Caught in Time and …go I. As a writer/director and producer: Spontaneous Human Combustion(1999), Seeing Red, The Discontent, The Delivery, which went on to the Seattle Underground Film Festival (2000). The Bellwatcher which premiered at the Film Fleadh in New York in March(2001) and Cinema 16 The New Orleans Film Festival. Circle premiered at the Summer shorts festival 2002 and was submitted to the Project Greenlight Director's contest placing in the top fifty out of two thousand entries 2002. Circle won second place as best sci-fi short at the Dragon Con Sci-Fi Film Festival in Atlanta 2003. It was nominated as best sci-fi short at the Shockerfest film festival in California. My Brother's War, our first feature premiered at the Methodfest Film Festival 2005 – and was nominated for best low-budget indie and for best actress Whitney Hamilton. It went on to the Bluegrass Independent Film Festival, Temeculah Valley Independent Film Festival and New Filmmakers series NYC at the Anthology Film Archives. Whitney has also produced short industrials and spec spots.

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