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At the Gettysburg Film Festival, Scott and Jenn interview director Bo Brinkman (Gettysburg, 1993; upcoming Gettysburg 1863) and actor Samuel Roukin (Turn: Washington’s Spies) about portraying the Battle of Gettysburg through the experiences of civilians—especially women and children—rather than traditional battlefield spectacle.
Brinkman explains choosing a 9-year-old lead to heighten the emotional impact of war, slavery discussions, and a home invasion, and describes the film’s visual idea of the house as a “witness,” often framed through windows and the passage of time across all of 1863, including aftermath.
Roukin shares how visiting the cemetery and walking the vast battlefield deepened his sense of the human cost, echoed by accounts of visible blood evidence at local sites.
00:00 Gettysburg
01:18 Film Festival Intro
03:05 Trailer Reactions
03:37 Why a Nine Year Old as a Lead Actress?
05:46 Acting as a Father
07:34 History with Waffles asks Why Gettysburg Calls
10:56 History Was Earned
11:26 Salvaging History asks about Researching Characters
13:09 Bloodstains and Forensics
14:28 Ghost Stories on Set
15:48 Scripting Fact vs Fiction
18:30 Salvaging History asks about The "Window Witness"
19:27 Final Reflections and Thanks
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