{"id":8205,"date":"2015-04-23T16:58:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T21:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=8205"},"modified":"2015-04-30T16:13:49","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T21:13:49","slug":"reconstruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2015\/04\/23\/reconstruction\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Reconstruction: A Moment in the Sun’ premieres in April on NPT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reconstruction: A Moment in the Sun,<\/strong><\/em> the ninth of NPT’s original Tennessee Civil War 150<\/strong> documentaries, premieres Thursday, April 23, at 8 p.m. <\/strong>An encore presentation airs\u00a0 Monday, April 27, at 11 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Reconstruction<\/a><\/p>\n

The documentary is a riveting tale of revenge, domestic terror and broken promises after the Civil War, told through reenactments and interviews with historians Beverly G. Bond, Ph.D. (University of Memphis); Carole Bucy, Ph.D. (Volunteer State Community College); Crystal A. deGregory, Ph.D. (HBCUSTORY, Inc.); William Hardy, Ph.D. (Tennessee Tech University); and Tennessee State Historian Carroll Van West, Ph.D.<\/p>\n

Reconstruction: A Moment in the Sun<\/strong><\/em> is the fifth Tennessee Civil War 150<\/strong> documentary for NPT producer Ed Jones. A history buff, Jones said though he started the series with a good working knowledge of the Civil War, he’s learned quite a bit while working on the programs over the years. What did he learn from researching this last one?<\/p>\n

“If anything, Reconstruction<\/strong><\/em> has reinforced my previous beliefs about the war,” Jones said.\u00a0 “It was such a horrible waste of lives, resources and time.\u00a0 All because of greed, greed which blinded slave owners to the horrendous crimes they were committing against fellow human beings.”<\/p>\n

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