The Friday evening keynote for the Witherspoon School of Law and Public Policy was delivered by the heroic director of Gods and Generals, Mr. Ron Maxwell. Quoting at length poetry from the likes of T.S. Elliot, Ron shared some moving insights into how filmmakers should understand and interpret history. The heart of his message was an explanation of the antithesis between truthful, God-honoring filmmaking, and the typical Hollywood approach. The former honors the fathers of the past and seeks to understand them in the context of their time, the later reviles everything which is not new, individualistic, and visually over-the-top.
