Drum-Taps
A Union soldier awakens in a southern battlefield. Is the war over?
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H. Paul MoonDirectorSamuel Barber: Absolute Beauty, The Passion of Scrooge, Quartet for the End of Time
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Walt WhitmanWriter
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Thomas J. AllemanKey Cast
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BLK w/BEARMusic
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Project Type:Experimental, Short
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Genres:Civil War, Poetry
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Runtime:10 minutes 58 seconds
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Completion Date:May 31, 2019
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Production Budget:500 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:4K-DCI Blackmagic RAW
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Aspect Ratio:1.9:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Walt Whitman 200 FestivalWashington, D.C.
United States
May 31, 2019
World Premiere
Official Selection -
Walt Whitman International ConferenceHuntington, New York
United States
August 11, 2019
New York Premiere
Official Selection -
Royal Starr Film FestivalRoyal Oak, Michigan
United States
September 8, 2019
Michigan Premiere
Official Selection -
Queen City Film FestivalCumberland, Maryland
United States
October 3, 2019
Maryland Premiere
Official Selection -
PUSH! Film FestivalBristol, Tennessee
United States
October 12, 2019
Tennessee Premiere
Official Selection -
Reading FilmFESTReading, Pennsylvania
United States
November 2, 2019
Pennsylvania Premiere
Official Selection -
Richmond International Film FestivalRichmond, Virginia
United States
April 25, 2020
Virginia Premiere
Official Selection
H. Paul Moon (zenviolence.com) is a filmmaker, professor and attorney based in New York City and Washington, D.C. whose work concentrates on the performing arts. Major works include "Sitka: A Piano Documentary" about the craftsmanship of Steinway pianos, and "Quartet for the End of Time" about Olivier Messiaen’s transcendent WWII composition. Moon's first feature, an acclaimed and award-winning documentary about the life and music of American composer Samuel Barber, premiered on PBS, and he is currently finishing another documentary feature about Western poetry. His ongoing bicentennial multimedia works on poet Walt Whitman are featured at his whitmanonfilm.com. Moon's latest film is an operatic adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," awarded "Critic's Choice" by Opera News as a "thoroughly enjoyable film version, insightfully conceived and directed" with "first-rate and remarkably illustrative storytelling."
The American poet Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819, and I created this film for his bicentennial. It's part of a poetry film series, also the companion for a half-hour video essay "Whitman on Film" at the online collection whitmanonfilm.com.