![]() ![]() Telemark Pictures
is a filmmaking group located in the sprawling prairie village
of
Topeka,
Kansas. Our goal is to develop filmmaking in Kansas and the midwest.
The most
recent film is Through
Martha's Eyes,
This film, based in
part on
historical events, tells the story of Martha, a
young
African American woman sold into slavery in 1856 to work and live at an
Indian Mission School in Territorial Kansas. Thinking Kansas Territory
was the land of freedom, and that she would soon be set free,
Martha
travels from Missouri to her new home at the Mission.
She
soon finds out things are much different than she thought. While
trying to manage as a seamstress Martha is forced to help change
cultural beliefs among Indian children, and is witness to
the early skirmishes
that lead to Civil War. Breathtaking vistas, romance,
friendship
and
defiance
all come
together in a dramatic conclusion to this powerful story from the
American
frontier.
For more information about this film,
or if you woluld like to obtain a DVD, please contact Telemark Pictures.
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Telemark Pictures LLC
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