Surratt House Museum
Chris King’s short film:
The Killing of Mary Surratt
On Tuesday, April 12, 2011, “The Killing of Mary Surratt” was added
to the films available on the website:
http://indieflix.com/. This website
allows people to view films online for a monthly fee and purchase films on DVDs.
Information about various film festivals ("Events") is included and some festival
films are available for free online viewing ("Festivals Online"). In addition, DVD
games based on some festival films ("Film Festival in a Box") are available for
purchase.
In 2009 Chris King, KCRA promotions producer, wrote, directed, produced,
and edited a short film (watermarkfilms.net) titled “The Killing of
Mary Surratt”. It debuted at the Sacramento International Film &
Music Festival on August 2, 2009. The film is 23 minutes in length and
addresses the question: “Was Mary truly guilty of the crime, or just
a busy mother and innkeeper in the wrong place at the wrong time?”
The film leaves it up to the viewer to decide but it ultimately reminds the
viewer of the dangers of mass hysteria, criminal profiling and trigger-happy
vengeance following a national tragedy.
Mr. King had his film accepted in over a dozen film festivals (it’s an
honor just to be accepted for these film festivals) in 2010 and won awards
which included: Best Drama award at the Cape Fear Independent Film Festival
in North Carolina; 3rd place trophy the Short Film Drama category
of The Indie Gathering International Film in Festival in Cleveland, Ohio;
and a finalist in the 52nd Rochester International Film Festival
in New York. [Each entry chosen for the Rochester International Film
Festival receives their distinctive Shoestring Trophy.] During 2010-2011
he will be working to make his film into a TV documentary. Mr. King was in
contact with the Surratt House Museum in preparing for his film.
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