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Be a part of presidential history!
American Presidents
FILM &
LITERARY
FESTIVAL
Thursday, Oct. 3 - Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019
in Fremont, Ohio
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Back for its second year:
Welcome to the American
Presidents Film & Literary Festival!
The inaugural year Fremont City
of the American Schools’ Title One
Presidents Film and reading program,
Literary Festival, by sponsored by First
all measures, was a National Bank of
success! Bellevue.
Our collaboration We partnered
between the with four different
Rutherford B. Hayes community
Library & Museums, venues with
the Learning and more than 50
Liberty Foundation total volunteers
of the Fremont City assisting in the
Schools and Birchard planning and
Public Library proved event day.
a most powerful
alliance. Nearly 2,500
people were
Our mission - to direct participants
bring film and in all aspects
literature about the of our film and
American Presidency literary offerings.
to audiences in The weekend
a form that is The American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Executive Committee (from left): program offered
innovative, engaging Nancicarol Woleslagel, owner of Woleslagel Moving Co.; Denice Hirt, director of cur- many unique
and multidimensional riculum at Fremont City Schools; Joe Albrechta, attorney; Christie Weininger, Hayes opportunities
- was a nascent Presidential Library & Museums executive director. to learn and
achievement. grow around the
American presidential theme - everything from film
This event continues to be the ONLY film and literary showings, literary lectures, lantern tours by performance
festival in the world that has elected this specific focus. scholars, to the keynote speech by nationally acclaimed
Our community, sponsors, cooperating and founding screenwriter Kirk Ellis. Thanks to our partners we had
partners and our audience should be proud! sufficient grant funding, sponsorships and donations to
bring the event to the stage.
On Feb. 13, 1793, George Washington was elected
to his second term of office as president of the newly We now bring to you the second year of this amazing
formed United States of America. There was no adventure. We are putting the American Presidency in a
blueprint, no road map and no set of directions for the setting though which the public lens can focus outside
aspiring democracy. partisan politics and beyond the media hype.
There were successes and failures, gains and losses. With our focus on the people, places, politics and
The grand experiment was occurring in the wake of power that surrounds the institution of the presidency,
dissent, rebellion, foreign intrigue and foreign wars. we will continue to explore, discuss and consider all
that this institution offers our community, state, country
Despite it all, the new nation found its footing. and the world.
We seek to follow in the footsteps of our early national
experiment. We again gratefully thank the volunteers, staff and
friends of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library
We had many successes in our inaugural year. We were & Museums, the Learning and Liberty Foundation of the
honored to have children’s author Connie Trounstine Fremont City Schools and the Birchard Public Library. In
introduce presidential literature and writing to more addition, we thank our partners, sponsors, donors and
than 2,000 area students through the work of the you the public for making this adventure possible.
Joe Albrechta Denice Hirt Christie Weininger Nancicarol Woleslagel
President Vice President Treasurer Secretary
2019 American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Page 3
Tickets and Festival Venues
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The Strand
Concert Theater
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Birchard Ave. Birchard Ave.
Birchard Ave.
To Rutherford B. Hayes
S Front St.
Presidential Library
S Arch St.
& Museums
Spiegel Grove
Venues
Birchard Public Library
423 Croghan St.
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Fremont Middle School
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Fremont, OH 43420 Opening reception with hands-on artifact activity: $7
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Lantern tours with living history presenters: $10
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419-332-4334 Red Carpet Event: Wine tasting, dinner and keynote speaker: $35
Rutherford B. Hayes All-access pass (includes all film blocks, Red Carpet Event,
Presidential Library & Museums opening reception with hands-on artifact activity and awards
Spiegel Grove ceremony): $60
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Festival special events
Opening reception and hands-on artifact activity
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Ticket price: $7, includes refreshments
Enjoy wine and light hors Put on the same white gloves
d’oeuvres in the original 1916 part Hayes Presidential curators wear
of the museum building at the Hayes and carefully hold artifacts from
Presidential Library & Museums at the museum collections. Mingle
this special after-hours event. with other film festival guests,
organizers and possibly even some
of the filmmakers.
Escape Room geared toward teens
5:30, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30 and 9:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Choose one 30-minute session, limit of 10 people per session
Ticket price: $10
It’s President Rutherford B. Hayes’ surprises. With the president busy
birthday, and First Lady Lucy Hayes in meetings all day, it is up to your
has hidden his present. Rutherford team to uncover the clues and find
has 30 minutes to find it – and he this hidden, precious gift.
needs your help! Although this event is geared
Lucy left clues inspired by the toward teens, adults are welcome to
presidential history Rutherford participate.
knows and loves, along with a few
Lantern Tour with living history presenters
9 p.m. with last tour at 10:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums grounds of Spiegel Grove
Ticket price: $10
Walk the grounds of the Hayes in Civil War and American Indian
Presidential Library & Museums living history reenacting.
by lantern light and “meet” two Dr. Regina Vincent-Williams will
first ladies and two daughters of portray Michelle Obama. Vincent-
presidents.
Williams is a freelance writer and
To celebrate the 100th photographer, family genealogist,
anniversary of women’s suffrage sickle cell awareness advocate and
and in conjunction with the motivational speaker.
Hayes Presidential’s “Women of She is the author of six self-
Spiegel Grove” exhibit, this year, published books, mostly poetry. She
the presenters are featuring is writing a book on the integration
women with a connection to the of Talladega High School in her
presidency. native town of Talladega, Alabama,
The costumed presenters will Christie Weininger Dr. Regina Vincent- and the impact that period has had
portray First Ladies Lucy Hayes Williams on former students.
and First Lady Michelle Obama; She currently serves as the
Margaret Truman, daughter of president of the Fremont Branch of the NAACP and is a
President Harry and First Lady Bess Truman; and Nellie member of several other boards. She and her husband, Dr.
Grant, daughter of President Ulysses and First Lady Julia James M. Williams, live in Fremont.
Grant. They will share stories from these women’s lives.
Emma Raber will portray Margaret Truman. Raber is a
Christie Weininger, Hayes Presidential executive director, junior at Oak Harbor High School and has been active in the
will portray Lucy Hayes. Weininger has been active in school theatre program there and with the Community Music School
and community theatre over the years and is excited about at Heidelberg University.
returning to the theatrical realm for the lantern tour.
She has performed many roles, including the wife of a
Weininger has served as a stage manager for the Ritz soldier killed in action and the voice of a navigational system
Theatre in Tiffin, and her acting credits include a court jester, who offers plenty of advice to a young man on his first date.
a Russian spy and a housemaid. She has also been involved At Heidelberg, she played the Wicked Witch of the West in
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“Wizard of Oz” and the “Witch in She lives in Fremont with her
Into the Woods.” parents, Hope and Dave Sheidler,
and her brothers, Parker and
Eden Sheidler will portray Nellie Keaton.
Grant. Sheidler has been involved
in theatre and history throughout Consulting on this project is
her life. She has performed on Caleb Hall, who portrayed Gen.
stages in Bellevue and Fremont. Ulysses Grant during the lantern
tours at the inaugural film festival
She is a Fremont Community in 2018. Hall has performed in a
Theater teen member and a variety of shows and has written a
member of On Cue, a regional arts part for and performed Nikola Tesla
training program. She is in her sixth for the 2017 Ohio Chautauqua
year with the Living History Project Training Program.
in 4-H. Emma Raber Eden Sheidler
She has researched and portrayed
various personas, including a
Shoshone girl from the mid-1800s,
a young Viking from 885 A.D., a newsie and a girl caught up
with gangsters. She loves bringing characters to life.
Community read, book discussion
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Birchard Public Library
Free
Join in a community read and discussion of “The while turning a blind eye to their quirks and
Residence: Inside the Private World of the White idiosyncrasies.
House” by Kate Anderson Brower. Find out what it is like to work for the
From the Kennedys to the Obamas, White House presidential family, from the heights of lavish state
staff have faithfully cared for the first families affairs to the depths of unthinkable tragedies.
Learn to cook like a White House chef:
Class with Chef John Moeller
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 - 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, in the Hayes Home. Check in at the front desk of the museum building.
Choose one of the two sessions.
Ticket price: $125, limit 15 people per session
Former White House Chef John stories of working for Presidents
Moeller, who prepared cuisine for George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and
three presidents, will share his George W. Bush.
secrets for creating dishes worthy of Participants will then enjoy the
a president during this cooking class food they made in the Hayes Home
in the historic Hayes Home. dining room at the same table where
During the class in the Hayes President Rutherford and First Lady
Home kitchen, participants will make Lucy Hayes dined. Participants
a soup, entree and dessert relating 21 and older also will receive a
to food that has been served in the complimentary glass of wine. The
White House. cooking class is open to all ages.
Moeller will share some of his
Red Carpet Event featuring keynote speaker Adrian Miller
5 - 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at The Strand Concert Theater
5 - 5:30 p.m. wine tasting, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. dinner, 6:15 - 7:15 p.m. keynote talk.
Ticket price: $35, includes dinner and wine-tasting, also included in $60 all-access pass
Your red carpet experience begins when you arrive at the After dinner, hear the fascinating stories of the African-
historic Strand Concert Theater in downtown Fremont. The American servants who worked in the White House from the
paparazzi will be eager to snap your photo as you walk the administrations of George Washington through Barack Obama
red carpet and pose with your favorite presidential cutouts. during Adrian Miller’s keynote talk.
Wine samples will be available for a fee. Dinner is Miller is the author of “The President’s Kitchen Cabinet:
served at 5:30 p.m. in the beautiful large theater hall. The story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First
You will be welcomed to the evening by film festival Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas.” Miller’s
organizers and local officials. talk is sponsored by the Birchard Public Library. Learn
more about Miller on page 6.
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Local author fair and celebrity reading
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Birchard Public Library, celebrity reading from noon - 12:45 p.m.
Free
Meet your favorite local authors during superintendent, reading from the
the author fair. Authors will bring copies writings of Franklin D. Roosevelt
of their books to sign and sell. • Donna Thatcher, Sandusky County
From noon to 12:45 p.m., local Habitat for Humanity executive director,
celebrities will read a letter or excerpt reading from the writings of Jimmy Carter
from a president’s writing. • Scott Miller, Sandusky County
Participating celebrities include: commissioner, reading from the
• Mike Gilbert, local historian and retired writings of Ronald Reagan
teacher, reading from the writings of • Angie Ruiz - Fremont City
Abraham Lincoln councilwoman, reading from the
• Jon Detweiler, Fremont City Schools writings of Harry S. Truman
Champagne Film and Literary Awards Ceremony
7:30 - 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Live Edge Center
Free
Enjoy complimentary champagne choice and adult and child essay
and chocolate while the winners and poetry contest winners will be
of the film and literary awards are announced and receive their awards.
announced. Winners could be in attendance or
might have a representative receive
Winners for the best short film, best
awards on their behalf.
feature film, best production, people’s
Wreath-laying at President Rutherford B. Hayes’ tomb
11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, at Hayes Presidential Library & Museums grounds of Spiegel Grove
Free
In honor of President Rutherford Executive Director Christie Weininger,
B. Hayes’ birthday, which is Oct. the playing of “Taps” and a salute
4, military representatives sent by with rifles.
President Donald Trump will lay a Each year, the current president
wreath at President Hayes’ tomb. sends representatives to lay a wreath
The brief ceremony will include at President Hayes’ tomb in honor of
comments by military representatives, his birthday.
Hayes Presidential Library & Museums’
Crop Circle Festival: An out-of-this-world good time
In addition to the film and literary festival, the annual This event focuses on learning, creativity, fun, families,
Crop Circle Festival will take place on Friday, Oct. 4, and teamwork, team-building and celebrating what makes each
Saturday, Oct. 5, in downtown Fremont. person unique. Events will take place downtown. Enjoy live
art, local food and opportunities for everyone to join in.
Visit Front Street for food vendors and to participate in
fun and curious events for kids and adults. Some of the film and literary festival locations are
downtown, allowing participants to enjoy both festivals.
This extraterrestrial festival, organized by Downtown
Fremont, is an opportunity for Fremont and surrounding Title sponsor is Bellevue Hospital. Special event sponsor
communities to watch or participate in fun, creative and is Elroy’s Deli Market.
curious events such as yarn bombing (crochet street Crop Circle Festival hours are:
art), art activities for kids and adults, community paint
by numbers, drone activities, kids art walk, food art, Friday, Oct. 4 - 6-9 p.m.
educational poetry, art recreational projects and glass Saturday, Oct. 5 - 9-3 p.m.
blowing/pottery demonstrations.
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Festival Schedule
Everything you need to know:
Times, locations and special events
Thursday Film Block 4 - Independent Short Films
5:30 - 7 p.m.
Oct. 3 The Strand, Theater 2
Free family night and dinner with children’s illustrator Opening reception and white glove artifact activity
Jeff Ebbeler. There will be activities for families. where guests can hold a piece of history from the
Hayes Presidential Library & Museums’ collections.
6 - 7 p .m. (Ticketed guests can take part in this event any time between 6:30
Fremont Middle School and 7:30 p.m.)
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Friday Hayes Presidential Library & Museums Rotunda
Oct. 4 Film Block 1 -”JFK: The Last Speech,” introduced by
Amherst College alumnus Roger Mills
“Backstairs at the White House” miniseries, part 1
9:30 a.m. - noon 7:30 - 9 p.m.
Birchard Public Library The Strand, Theater 2
“Backstairs at the White House” miniseries, part 2 Film Block 5 -”Meeting Gorbachev”
1 - 2:45 p.m. 7:45 – 9:15 p.m.
Birchard Public Library Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
“Backstairs at the White House” miniseries, part 3 Film Block 4 – Independent Short Films
3 - 4:45 p.m. 8 – 9:30 p.m.
Birchard Public Library The Strand, Theater 1
Film Block 2 – “Raising Buchanan” Lantern Tours with living history presenters
5 – 6:45 p.m. 9 p.m. (last tour at 10:30 p.m.)
The Strand, Theater 1 Hayes Presidential Library & Museums Grounds
Film Block 3 - “Trumphobia”
5:15 - 6:45 p.m.
Hayes Presidential Library & Museums Auditorium
Film Category Key
Independent Short Films
Fictional Film
Commercial Film
Documentary
Special Event
Literary/Presidential
Presentations
Screening of winning films
in each category
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Friday, Oct. 4, Evening Films and Events
The Strand The Strand Hayes Hayes Hayes
Concert Concert Presidential Presidential Presidential
Theater, Theater, Library & Library & Library &
Theater 1 Theater 2 Museums Museums Museums
Auditorium Rotunda Grounds
5 p.m.
5:15 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
5:45 p.m. “Raising
Buchanan” “Trumphobia”
6 p.m. (page 19) (page 20)
Independent
6:15 p.m. Short Films
(pages 18-19)
6:30 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
Opening reception
7 p.m. and hands-on
artifact activity
7:15 p.m. (page 6)
7:30 p.m.
7:45 p.m.
8 p.m.
8:15 p.m. “JFK: The
Last Speech,”
introduced by “Meeting
8:30 p.m. Gorbachev”
Independent Roger Mills
(pages 16 and 19) (page 20)
8:45 p.m. Short Films
(pages 18-19)
9 p.m.
9:15 p.m.
Lantern
Tours with
9:30 p.m. Living History
Presenters
9:45 p.m. (page 7)
10 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 5 Local Author Fair
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Community discussion of “The Residence: Inside the Birchard Public Library second floor
Private World of the White House,” by Kate Andersen
Brower Film Block 1 - ”JFK: The Last Speech,” introduced by
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Amherst College alumnus Roger Mills
Birchard Public Library 10 - 11:30 a.m.
The Strand, Theater 1
Film Block 5 - “Meeting Gorbachev”
9:30 - 11 a.m.
Film Block 2 – “Raising Buchanan”
The Strand, Theater 2 10:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Cooking Class with
former White House Chef John Moeller Local celebrities read presidential clips at the author
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
fair
Hayes Presidential Library & Museums Noon - 12:45 p.m.
Birchard Public Library second floor
Lucy Scott’s Journal: A Visit to the Hayes White House
in 1878 with Larry and Suzi Michaels Letters of Rutherford and Lucy Hayes: The White
House Years with Tom Culbertson
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. 1 - 2 p.m.
Birchard Public Library
Birchard Public Library
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Hayes Birchard Birchard Live Edge
The Strand The Strand Presidential
Oct. 5, continued Concert Concert Library & Home Public
Library,
Public
Library
Center
Theater, Theater,
Film Block 3 - Theater 1
Museums
Theater 2 Auditorium
First Floor Second
“Trumphobia” Floor
Noon – 1:15 p.m.
The Strand, Theater 1
Cooking Class with 9 a.m.
former White House
Chef John Moeller 9:30 a.m.
1:30 – 4 p.m. Community
Hayes Presidential Library & 10 a.m.
Discussion
Museums of “The
“Meeting
Residence”
Gorbachev”
Film Block 4 – 10:30 a.m. “JFK: The (page 20)
(page 6)
Independent Short Films Last Speech,”
introduced by
1 – 2:30 p.m. Roger Mills,
“Raising
Hayes Presidential Library & 11 a.m. (pages 16, 19)
Buchanan”
(page 19) Cooking
Lucy Scott’s
Museums Auditorium Class with
Journal talk
Chef Moeller
Film Block 3 - 11:30 a.m. (page 16)
“Trumphobia”
1:15 – 2:30 p.m. 12 p.m.
Hayes Presidential Library & Local Author
Museums Auditorium Fair, Celebrity
12:30 p.m. “Trumphobia” Reading
Film Block 5 - (Readings are
“Meeting Gorbachev” (page 20) from noon to
1:45 – 3:15 p.m. 12:45 p.m.)
The Strand, Theater 1 1 p.m. (page 8)
Ranking and Letters of
Reevaluating the 1:30 p.m. Rutherford
and Lucy
Presidents: Dwight D. Independent
Hayes
Short Films “Trumphobia”
Eisenhower and Polls of (pages 18-19) (page 20)
(page 15)
Presidential Greatness 2 p.m.
with Ben Greene
2 – 3:30 p.m. “Meeting
Birchard Public Library 2:30 p.m. Gorbachev” Cooking
(page 20) Class with Ranking the
Film Block 1 - “ JFK: Chef Moeller Presidents
The Last Speech,” 3 p.m.
(page 15)
introduced by Amherst
College alumnus Roger
Mills 3:30 p.m. “JFK: The
3 – 4:30 p.m. Last Speech,”
Hayes Presidential Library & introduced by
Museums Auditorium 4 p.m.
“Raising Roger Mills,
Buchanan” (pages 16, 19)
Film Block 2 – “Raising (page 19)
“Backstairs
Buchanan”
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.
4:30 p.m. at the White
House”
The Strand, Theater 2 miniseries,
Part 4
“Backstairs at the White 5 p.m. (page 20)
House” miniseries,
part 4 Red Carpet
3:45 – 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Event:
Meet &
Birchard Public Library Greet, Wine
Red Carpet Event: Meet 6 p.m.
Tasting and
keynote talk
& Greet with wine by Adrian
tasting, Lecture on the Miller.
Presidency by keynote 6:30 p.m. Sponsored
speaker Adrian Miller by Birchard
Public
and dinner Library.
5 – 5:30 (wine tasting) 7 p.m.
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. (dinner)
6:15 – 7:15 (keynote talk) 7:30 p.m.
The Strand
Sponsored by Birchard Champagne
Public Library 8 p.m. Film and
Literary
Champagne Film and Awards
Literary Awards 8:30 p.m. Ceremony
Ceremony 7:30 – 9 p.m. (page 8)
Live Edge Center
9 p.m.
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Presidential Hayes Home
Oct. 6 Library &
Museums
Winner of Best Production Auditorium
10 – 11:00 a.m.
Hayes Presidential Library & Museums Auditorium 10 a.m.
Wreath Laying Ceremony at President Viewing of winner
of Best Production
Rutherford B. Hayes’ grave 10:30 a.m.
11 - 11:45 a.m.
Hayes Presidential Library & Museums Grounds
11 a.m.
Winner of Best Feature-Length Film
Noon – 1:30 p.m. Wreath-Laying at
Hayes Presidential Library & Museums Auditorium President Hayes’ grave
11:30 a.m.
Winner of Best Short Film and Winner of
People’s Choice
2 p.m. 12 p.m.
Hayes Presidential Library & Museums Auditorium
12:30 p.m.
Cast your vote! 1 p.m.
Winner of the Best
Feature-Length Film
The American Presidents Film & Literary
Festival wants your opinion! Viewers can vote for
their favorite film in the People’s Choice category. 1:30 p.m.
Ballot boxes will be located at each theater for
viewers to cast their vote.
2 p.m.
Winners will be announced during the
Champagne Film & Literary Awards Ceremony
on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Live Edge Center. The 2:30 p.m.
Winner of Best Short Film
winning films in each category will then be shown and Winner of People’s
on Sunday at the Hayes Presidential Library & 3 p.m. Choice
Museums. For details, see page 8.
3:30 p.m.
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2019 American Presidents Film & Literary FestivalMeet the Presenters
Adrian Miller
Keynote speaker at the Red Carpet Event
Author of “The President’s Kitchen Cabinet”
6:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at The Strand Concert Theater
Ticket price: $35, includes dinner and wine-tasting, also included in $60 all-access pass
Adrian Miller is the author His second book,
of “The President’s Kitchen “The President’s Kitchen
Cabinet: The Story of the Cabinet” was published
African Americans Who Have on Presidents’ Day 2017.
Fed Our First Families, from It was a finalist for a 2018
the Washingtons to the NAACP Image Award for
Obamas.” “Outstanding Literary Work
Miller also served as a special - Non-Fiction” and the 2018
assistant to President Bill Colorado Book Award for
Clinton on the Initiative for One History.
America—the first free-standing In 2018, Miller was
office in the White House to address issues of racial, religious awarded the Ruth Fertel
and ethnic reconciliation. “Keeper of the Flame
He is a food writer, attorney and certified barbecue judge Award” by the Southern
who lives in Denver, Colorado. He also is the executive director Foodways Alliance in
of the Colorado Council of Churches and, as such, is the first recognition of his work on
African-American and the first layperson to have that position. African-American foodways.
Miller previously served as a senior policy analyst for In 2019, he received
Colorado governor Bill Ritter Jr. the Judge Henry N. and
Helen T. Graven award
He received a bachelor’s degree in international from Wartburg College in
relations from Stanford University in 1991 and a doctor of Waverly, Iowa, for being
jurisprudence degree from the Georgetown University Law “an outstanding layperson whose life is nurtured and guided
Center in 1995. by a strong sense of Christian calling and who is making a
He has been a board member of the Southern Foodways significant contribution to community, church and our society.”
Alliance. Miller’s first book, “Soul Food: The Surprising Story Miller is currently working on a history of African-American
of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time” won the James barbecue, tentatively titled “Black Smoke.”
Beard Foundation Award for Scholarship and Reference in 2014.
Jeff Ebbeler
Illustrator of children’s books, including “Ellie May on Presidents’ Day”
Free dinner and event with the public
6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 3, at Fremont Middle School
Jeff Ebbeler has illustrated In addition to illustrating
more than 40 children’s books children’s books, Ebbeler
and has been creating art for created large-scale
kids for nearly a decade. animal puppets for the
His drawings are featured Central Park Zoo. He also
in the book “Ellie May on worked as art director at
Presidents’ Day.” The book Publications International
shares the story of quirky and Ltd. in Chicago for six
fun second-grader Ellie May, years, where he designed
who loves learning about U.S. and occasionally illustrated
presidents and wants to hold books and engineered pop-
her class’ flag during Presidents’ Day week. up books.
Other books where his work is featured include “George Ebbler attended the Art
the Hero Hound,” “When Bill Gates Memorized the Academy of Cincinnati.
Encyclopedia” and “Melvin the Mouth.” He and his family live in
Cincinnati. He spends
Ebbeler has given lectures and demonstrations on his art in his free time with twin
grade schools, colleges and museums. daughters Olivia and Isabel.
2019 American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Page 13John Moeller
Former White House chef for three presidential administrations
10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 - 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, in the Hayes Home
Choose one of the two sessions.
Ticket price: $125, limit 15 people per session
Chef John Moeller is a Over the course of his career in the White House, he
member of an elite corps of focused on creating unique, one-of-a-kind dishes that relied
chefs, those who have served on fresh and flavorful ingredients.
in the White House preparing He served in the White House from September 1992
cuisine for presidents, first until 2005 - one of the longest tenured chefs across three
families and their guests, administrations. He helped create and prepare meals for the
including visiting heads of state. first families, for world leaders like Tony Blair and Nelson
Chef to three first families, Mandela, for famous guests like Julia Child and Sophia Loren,
including President George and for holiday parties and trips to Camp David.
H.W. Bush, President Bill Chef Moeller has detailed his journey and White House
Clinton and President George W. Bush, Moeller joined experience in his book, “Dining at the White House - From
the White House kitchen in 1992 as sous chef to Pierre the President’s Table to Yours,” published in September
Chambrin and later Walter Scheib, eventually acting as 2013. He runs State of Affairs Catering in his hometown of
White House Chef in 2005. Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Ben Greene
Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel
Bowling Green State University associate professor of history
Ranking and Reevaluating the Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower and Polls of Presidential Greatness
2 - 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Birchard Public Library
Free
Ben Greene teaches American communities abroad have influenced international
courses on 20th century attitudes about the United States, its citizens and its policies.
America, foreign relations and Greene has previously taught history at the United States
military history at Bowling Military Academy at West Point, New York, and the United
Green State University. States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. He has a Ph.D.
He is the author of from Standford University.
“Eisenhower, Science Advice, During this program, Green will discuss ranking the
and the Nuclear Test Ban presidents. A panel of presidential scholars in 1961
Debate 1945-1963” and ranked Dwight D. Eisenhower near the bottom of the
numerous articles and book reviews on a range of topics presidents; recent panels place him in the top quarter. Using
related to America’s interactions with the world. Eisenhower as an example, this discussion considers how,
His current research explores the intersections of culture when and why assessments of presidential leadership can
and foreign relations, examining how American culture and vary tremendously over time.
Tom Culbertson
Former executive director, Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Letters of President Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes: The White House Years
1 - 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Birchard Public Library
Free
Tom Culbertson was the Culbertson is the author of “Rutherford B. Hayes: A Life of
executive director of the Service.” The Gilded Age, particularly political cartoons, is his
Hayes Presidential Library academic interest.
& Museums from 2005 to He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Knox College
2012. in Galesburg, Illinois, and a master’s degree in library
Before that, he worked as science with a specialization in archives and manuscripts
the director of history and management from Syracuse University.
education and manuscripts Culbertson’s program will focus on the letters of President
curator at HPLM. Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes. Over the course of
Culbertson has been an their 37-year marriage and two years of courtship, the couple
Army officer, college librarian, stockbroker and archivist. He exchanged hundreds of letters when they were apart.
has served on the boards of community and professional These letters give us insight into one of the most
organizations and frequently used his experience in finance to remarkable presidential marriages. What shines through is
serve as treasurer. their love and devotion to each other.
Page 14 2019 American Presidents Film & Literary FestivalLarry and Suzi Michaels
Authors
Lucy Scott’s Journal, A Visit to the Hayes White House in 1878
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Birchard Public Library
Free
Larry Michaels is a Lutheran Hayes, kept during her visit to the White
minister who also taught English House for several weeks in 1878.
part-time at the University of The journal she kept is not only
Toledo. With his cousin Krista, detailed, honest and at times hilarious,
he has written several local but also it is one of the best glimpses
history books about Fremont and into the inner workings of daily life at
Sandusky County. the Executive Mansion.
Suzi Michaels is a former She describes the Hayes family, the
teacher and clinical psychologist. other guests, the women’s clothing,
She volunteers teaching yoga at state dinners and receptions and trips
around Washington. The program will be
the Fremont YMCA and helping with programs and tours for the Sandusky County a PowerPoint presentation of the people
Parks and the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. and places mentioned in the journal.
Their program examines the journal of Lucy Scott, a cousin of First Lady Lucy
Roger Mills
Associate producer of the film “JFK: The Last Speech”
Co-editor of the book by the same title
He will introduce the film before its screenings.
7:30 - 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at The Strand Concert Theater, Theater 2
10 - 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at The Strand Concert Theater, Theater 1
3 - 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Included with purchase of ticket to view the film or an all-access pass
Dr. Roger Mills is a Katherine and their dog, Posie.
graduate of Amherst As they celebrated their 50th reunion, the Amherst class of
College, class of 1964. 1964 realized that John F. Kennedy’s speech in October 1963
Along with many of his at Amherst had taken its rightful place as a classic and that
classmates, he was in the Kennedy’s words were still relevant today.
audience for President
John. F. Kennedy’s last Organizing as Reunion ’64, Inc., a non-profit corporation,
speech before Kennedy’s assassination. a group of classmates funded a documentary film and a
companion book, both titled “JFK: The Last Speech.”
After serving in the U.S. Navy medical corps, his 30-year
career in academic medicine included appointments at the Mills was an associate producer of the film and contributed
University of Massachusetts Medical School, the University of to and co-edited the book. The film premiered at the John F.
Florida School of Medicine and the Cleveland Clinic. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston in May 2018.
He then joined the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical American Public Television acquired film rights. The film
organization and served in a variety of roles from 2005 to has shown more than 400 times on public television and at
2015. He retired as a senior director at Janssen Research numerous film festivals, including winning best documentary
& Development. He lives in Dexter, Michigan, with his wife, honors and the 2018 New Jersey Film Festival.
Founder’s Circle
Thank you to these organizations for founding
the American Presidents Film & Literary Festival!
Albrechta & Coble, Ltd, attorneys at law
Birchard Public Library
Liberty & Learning Foundation
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
2019 American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Page 15About the Films
Short Films
The Invalid Corps
Directed by Day Al-Mohamed
28 minutes, 14 seconds
In July 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal Early launched a surprise raid that took
him to the very gates of Washington, D.C. The city was in panic. Almost every
able-bodied soldier from the Union had already been sent south for the siege
of Petersburg, more than 100 miles away. The only defenders remaining were
clerks, government officials and the Invalid Corps. Made up of men injured
in battle or by disease, these “hopeless cripples” needed to hold out for a
desperate 24 hours until Union Gen. Grant could send reinforcements. With
Lincoln himself on the ramparts, they could not afford to fail.
Nixon’s Coming
Directed by Scott Calonico
7 minutes, 22 seconds
The most bizarre moment of Richard Nixon’s presidency happened on
May 8, 1970. Days after the Ohio National Guard killed four college
students at Kent State University – and less than two weeks after the
invasion of Cambodia began – the president took an impromptu, late-
night walk to the Lincoln Memorial with Manolo Sanchez, a White House
valet. Nixon stumbled across dozens of student protesters at the site,
with whom he engaged in a bizarre, rambling debate. This documentary
is largely based on the never-before-published photos of a protester, Bob
Moustaskas, and memos recorded by Nixon later that day.
The Original October Surprise
Directed by Scott Calonico
7 minutes, 55 seconds
Every election year, political operatives wait with bated breath - and
journalists with a touch of morbid fascination - for the so-called “October
Surprise,” a scandal that, whether by design or chance, threatens to
destroy a presidential candidate with just weeks to go until Election Day.
The October Surprise itself is not new and it has a remarkable provenance.
The concept goes back to 1964 when President Lyndon B. Johnson, then
engaged in a tough re-election campaign against Barry Goldwater, had to
suddenly deal with his closest aide being swept up in a sex scandal.
The Silly Bastard Next to the Bed
Directed by Scott Calonico
8 minutes, 8 seconds
The Silly Bastard Next to the Bed is a documentary short about one of
the funniest calls ever made from the Oval Office. In July of 1963, First
Lady Jacqueline Kennedy was pregnant. While the president and his wife
vacationed in Hyannis, Massachusetts, the Air Force prepared a hospital
room at nearby Otis Air Force base for the use of the first lady, if the
need arose. Somehow, the story leaked out that the Air Force completely
refurbished the room, using more than $5,000 (nearly $40,000 in 2014
money) for improvements. This figure was printed in the Washington
Post on July 25, 1963. The President blew a gasket when he saw the
story, picked up the phone and immediately dialed an Air Force general
at the Pentagon. The resulting conversation was captured for posterity
by the White House telephone taping system.
Page 16 2019 American Presidents Film & Literary FestivalPresidential Foresight: Theodore
Roosevelt and the National Parks
Directed by Julia Mulheren
13 minutes, 29 seconds
Theodore Roosevelt’s concern for conservation led him to use his authority
as president to create the United States Forest Service and sign the 1906
Antiquities Act to protect wildlife and public lands. His enthusiasm and
foresight to preserve millions of acres for millions of visitors inspired the
filmmaker to showcase some of the national parks existing today.
The Robert F. Kennedy Train -
The People’s View
Directed by Rein Jelle Terpstra
8 minutes, 42 seconds
This film presents a reflection on the Robert F. Kennedy Funeral Train
that rode from NYC to Washington, D.C. on June 8, 1968. This film
is entirely based on memories, snapshots, home movies and sound,
recorded by bystanders standing along the tracks that day. On board
the train was photographer Paul Fusco, who during the journey
photographed the many bewildered mourners paying their final respects.
A cross-section of American society - black and white, city-dwellers and
country folk - all stared at the slowly passing train, which itself stayed
mostly outside Fusco’s lens.
Feature-Length Films
JFK: The Last Speech
Directed by Bestor Cram
57 minutes, 46 seconds
JFK: The Last Speech explores the dramatic relationship between two
seminal Americans, President John F. Kennedy and the poet Robert Frost,
which reached its tragic climax in a surprising encounter with Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the height of the Cold War. Born out of
these events was Kennedy’s remarkable speech about poetry and power,
which altered the life course of a group of Amherst college classmates
who witnessed this compelling address and continue to exemplify in their
contemporary lives a portrait of the challenges facing America.
Raising Buchanan
Directed by Bruce Dellis
1 hour, 43 minutes
In suburban Phoenix, 40-year-old Ruth Kiesling is not exactly “living the
dream.” She’s a donut shop employee with anger issues. She has no
mother, a dead brother and a father in hospice. Her few friends include
her roommates: Meg, her game-for-anything confidante since junior high;
Holly, a somewhat level-headed janitor and amateur ventriloquist; and
her probation officer, Philip Crosby. Ever the opportunist and desperate
for money, Ruth finds herself in a position to “steal” the body of President
James Buchanan. She does so, hoping to ransom him for a nice windfall.
But she’s surprised to discover that no one seems particularly interested
in getting him back. Her interesting and unusual mix of friends join her as
she tries to resolve the situation.
2019 American Presidents Film & Literary Festival Page 17Feature-Length Films continued
Trumphobia
Directed by Carolina Sosa
1 hour, 10 minutes
Donald J. Trump’s fervent supporters and scared opponents were
affected by Trump’s rhetoric and the media’s interpretation, increasing
a dangerous political division. Now, it’s time for them to stop and listen
to each other or push harder until they crash America’s democracy.
This documentary examines the political division in the United States
and how Trump increased that division with the help of the mainstream
media. On one side, he gave strength and safety to his supporters, and
on the other, he imposed fear and anger in his opponents, which led to
major confrontations, protests and counter-protests across the country.
“Trumphobia” analyzes the reasons for the political division, stands in the
middle of the road between his supporters and opponents and proposes
empathy and compassion for all as a possible solution to the turmoil.
Commercial Films
Meeting Gorbachev
Directed by Werner Herzog and André Singer
1 hour, 32 minutes
A riveting documentary filled with unforgettable archive materials and
based on three long interviews, “Meeting Gorbachev” provides incredible
access to, arguably, the world’s greatest living politician.
Now 87 and battling illness, the visionary Mikhail Gorbachev, former
general secretary of the U.S.S.R., has mellowed and slowed down. Still,
gently but resolutely, he is pushing towards his goals.
Co-director Werner Herzog, as on-screen interviewer, does not disguise
his affection, celebrating Gorbachev’s three remarkable accomplishments: Negotiations with the United States to reduce
nuclear weapons; cessation of Soviet control of Eastern Europe and the reunification of Germany; and the dissolution of the
Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc. All of this was done in six years. One German diplomat sums up Gorbachev’s approach: “The
process went so quickly that ... opponents were overcome by the reality of the situation.” Herzog and Singer remind the
viewer of the drastic and unforeseeable way the world changes.
Backstairs at the White House
Miniseries (An Ed Friendly Production)
Created by Gwen Bagni and Paul Dubov
Follow the lives of two remarkable women who served eight
administrations, from Taft to Eisenhower, over a 50-year period. This
made-for-television mini-series, starring Leslie Uggams, Olivia Cole, Louis
Gossett Jr. and Cloris Leachman, is based on the lives of Lillian Rogers
Parks and her mother, Maggie Parks, who served as White House maids.
Nominated for 11 Emmy Awards. Screening rights courtesy of Friendly
Family Productions, LLC.
Get your tickets at
americanpresidentsfilmfestival.org
Page 18 2019 American Presidents Film & Literary FestivalMeet the Judges
These film critics will watch each of the films and choose the winners in three categories: Best Short Film, Best
Feature Film and Best Production.
YOUR OPINION COUNTS, TOO! Film festival attendees also can chose their favorite film by voting in the
People’s Choice category. Ballot boxes will be located at each viewing location throughout the festival.
Holly Hey
Professor of film and video production, University of Toledo
Filmmaker
Holly Hey is currently a Vancouver Queer Film and Video Festival, among other
professor of film and video national and international venues.
production within the Department Hey has also had her short documentary, “Rat Stories,”
of Theatre and Film. She is also distributed through The National Educational Television
the head of the film program. Association. “Rat Stories,” a 30-minute documentary,
Hey has a master of fine arts degree in film making from undermines stereotypes about rats to examine the
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a bachelor’s importance of human connection. NETA distributes content
degree in photography from Ohio University. for PBS licensees and educational entities in all 50 states, the
Her work has screened at professionally recognized U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
festivals including The Aesthetica Short Film Festival – York, Hey is an “undependent” filmmaker and an experimental
UK; the Ann Arbor Film Festival – Ann Arbor, Michigan; the weaver of media who strives to provoke active
Athens International Film and Video Festival – Athens, Ohio; relationships between her cinematic art and the diverse
the Mix Festival – New York; the Onion City Film Festival audiences that it reaches.
– Chicago; the Denver International Film Festival; and the
Tammy Kinsey
Professor of film, University of Toledo
Filmmaker
Tammy Kinsey is the and Film in 1997. She has a master of fine arts degree in
Faculty Advisor for the UT photography and film from Virginia Commonwealth University
Film and Video Society. She and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Virginia Tech.
was named a UT College Her research interests include visual language,
of Arts & Sciences Master experimental and documentary film making, arts censorship
Teacher for 2009-2011. and issues of representation in popular culture.
Kinsey teaches such courses
as experimental film, Kinsey’s films have been screened in such venues as the
advanced 16mm production, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Anthology Film
optical printing, documentary Archives in New York, the Kaunas Biennial in Lithuania,
field production, film/video SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco, the Telluride
workshop, film censorship, The YouTube Phenomenon: Experimental Film Festival, London’s Exploding Cinema, the
Cinema in Cyberspace and history of video art. Wexner Center for the Arts and the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
Kinsey joined the University of Toledo Department of Theatre Kinsey’s written work appears in many publications, as well.
Craig Shoup
Reporter and columnist, Fremont News-Messenger
Craig Shoup is a 2009 Fremont, a Gannett newspaper, and writes an entertainment
graduate of Bowling Green column “Reel Talk.” He has worked for Gannett newspapers
State University, where since 2014.
he majored in broadcast “Reel Talk” features takes on current movies, Hollywood
journalism and minored in trends and Shoup’s thoughts on the industry. Columns
film studies. feature topics including Academy awards preview and
He is currently a reporter predictions, the #MeToo movement and inclusion among
with the News-Messenger in female actors and directors.
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