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2002
Great Lakes Independent Film Festival
Wicked Spring
 Category:
Narrative Feature 1hr 42min
Director: Kevin R. Hershberger
Over a single,
horrifying and sleepless night, we find six soldiers lost in the
wicked, burning woods of the 1864 Battle of the Wilderness.
Confederates Harrison, Hogg and After Stand find each other by
chance, lost in the confusing evening of battle. Also lost in
the daze of combat are Union soldiers John, Augustus and the
gravely wounded Pietro -- swept together in their army's
retreat. Both groups wander the gnarled, pitch with nothing to
guide them but ragging fire and death at every turn - begging to
find a friend. The men happen upon each other and after a
tense exchange, decide to share a meager campfire for the
trading of food and the comfort and safety of what they all
think are friends. With raged, dirty uniforms in the night's
moonlight, they do not realize they are enemies until the next
morning when the sun rises and exposes their dangerous mistake.
The morning's sun also ushers in a new day of battle as all six
men finally face the gravest reality of the Civil War -- the
wicked and hasty end to life and of the innocence of a nation.
 Director:
Kevin R. Hershberger
Kevin R. Hershberger grew up in Maryland, but left to Virginia
while attending the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington --
class of 1995. He is the founder and Managing-Partner of
LionHeart FilmWorks, LLC, a Richmond, Va film production
company. Kevin first directed the award-winning dramatic short
film "The Nest," set during the Korean War. Kevin next
wrote and Directed LionHeart's feature, "Wicked
Spring." He was also featured in a segment of Indie-film
guru John Pierson's IFC/BRAVO series "Split Screen."
Kevin was on the board of the 2002 Virginia French Film Festival
as well as a founding member of the new Virginia Production
Alliance. Kevin will direct his next feature,
"Libra" in the fall of 2002 -- a post-9/11
Presidential assassination thriller starring Amelia Zontini,
Nathan Blackburn (MTV) and Mark Lacy.
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