Two brothers posing with guns, about 1900

Creative Team

Paul Wagner — Academy-Award winning (and Kentucky native) director and producer.  (OUT OF IRELAND:  THE STORY OF IRISH EMIGRATION TO AMERICA—PBS miniseries; A PARALYZING FEAR:  THE STORY OF POLIO IN AMERICA, PBS special (Emmy award winner); THE STONE CARVERS (Academy-Award and Emmy Award winning short)
http://www.paulwagnerfilms.com/


Daniel Blake Smith — Emmy-Award winning writer and UK historian; screenwriter and executive producer.  (Author/Co-Producer, FEBRUARY ONE:  THE STORY OF THE GREENSBORO FOUR, PBS documentary; BLACK INDIANS, narrated by James Earl Jones; THE TRAIL OF TEARS, feature documentary for PBS, spring 07, hosted by Wes Studi, narrated by James Earl Jones)

Ron Eller— Distinguished Appalachian scholar, UK historian; story editor
(Author of prize-winning book, MINERS, MILLHANDS, AND MOUNTAINEERS)

Tracy Campbell — Kentucky scholar, UK historian; story editor
(Author of Pulitzer-prize nominated, SHORT OF THE GLORY, a biography of Ed Pritchard; and of the just-released, DELIVER THE VOTE:  VOTE FRAUD IN AMERICA, 1742-2000)

Kathi Kern — Author of prize-winning book, MRS. STANTON’S BIBLE; UK historian; story editor; co-director of educational outreach; winner of Chancellor’s and Alumni Great Teacher Awards; grant writer, recipient of three million dollars in federal grants for educational outreach.

Kathy Swan — A faculty member in UK College of Education; instructional designer; co-director of educational outreach; co-creator of award-winning website, History Scene Investigation (HSI); former classroom teacher.

Kinny Landrum — Kinny Landrum is a composer, arranger, producer and keyboardist who has worked with such unusually diverse people as Leonard Bernstein, The Meters, Carly Simon, Jimmy Cliff and David Lynch.  He was the synthesist on the seminal TV show “Twin Peaks”, which won a Grammy Award.  He has scored a number of feature films and documentaries such as “A Touch Of Fate” with Teri Hatcher as well as being nominated for an Emmy Award for his score the “Living the Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky”.  His songs appear on albums by such artists as John Whelan and Francine Reed. He orchestrated the Broadway show “In My Life”.