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May 11, 1994 · Mary Silliman's War: Directed by Stephen Surjik. With Nancy Palk, Richard Donat, Diane D'Aquila, Paul Boretski. Mary Silliman's War is a unique, award-winning film on the American Revolution.
Apr 1, 1995 · Mary Silliman's War also provides a remarkably persuasive—and long overdue—representation of a civilian experience of the Revolutionary War. It focuses on one rural community of colonial Americans—in a world that was indeed immediate and local—rather than on the distant military events of the Continental Army or the political ...
Mary Silliman (née Fish, formerly Noyes, later Dickinson; May 30, 1736 - July 2, 1818) was a matriarch in Revolutionary and post-colonial Connecticut and the subject of the 1993 film Mary Silliman's War.
Mar 4, 1994 · STORYLINE: Shot on location in Nova Scotia, the film relates the true story of a remarkable woman, whose husband, a patriot leader, was kidnapped from their home by a band of Tories -- Americans loyal to the King of England.
Jun 21, 2013 · This is one of the best Revolutionary War films ever made. Some may say it is the best. Anyone interested in the Revolutionary War owes it to himself to watch Mary Silliman’s War. It is not often available at the usual places but it can be found at www.heritagefilmsinfo.com.
Mary Silliman's War is a unique, award-winning film on the American Revolution. Shot on location in Nova Scotia, the film relates the true story of a remarkable woman, whose husband, a patriot leader, was kidnapped from their home by a band of Tories -- Americans loyal to the King of England.
May 11, 1994 · Mary Silliman sees the war as an intensely local matter while her husband, an attorney, views the war within the macro-politics of an anti-colonial struggle. The film's depiction of gender roles, women's public and private lives, religious faith, and daily life in colonial American make it an exceptional teaching tool to counter ...
