The run time for Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” is one hour and 56 minutes. It’s always challenging to tell a complicated story based on historical events in the span of several hours, so director Steven Spielberg faced some difficult choices that are common in the filmmaking process, particularly with historical dramas. What are the critical elements of the story that need to be included? What do you leave out? How much dramatic license is appropriate with respect to timeline, events, characters, and dialogue? “The Post” is a solid historical drama that tells the story of the Washington Post’s 1971 publication…
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There are plenty of historical sites to see if you find yourself in Charleston, South Carolina, but you also have the option of taking a short day trip to the nearby Boone Hall Plantation. The picturesque main house lives up to what you would expect from a grand, Southern plantation with the tall, white columns framing the entrance. Boone Hall Plantation was founded in 1681 and is also one of America’s oldest working farms, with the owners continuously growing and producing crops for over three centuries. While the main house is impressive, it’s the surviving slave quarters that make a…
One hundred years ago today, on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour, the fighting finally stopped. The Great War would not formally come to an end until the Treaty of Versailles was signed in June of 1919, but the carnage mercifully came to an end on November 11, 1918. The armistice was signed at 5:12 am, declaring the “cessation of hostilities by land and in the air six hours after the signing.” The fighting would continue for almost six more hours, and it has been estimated that this time period produced an additional 11,000 casualties.…