Wake Forest’s Uptone Pictures will premiere its new feature film, “Union Bound,” Thursday, Jan. 14, at the Marquee 12 Wakefield theater before its national release. You can see the red carpet from 6 to 7 p.m. and the screening at 7.
It is the true story of a Union soldier, Joseph Hoover of the New York 121 Volunteers, who went to war to free slaves. Instead he was captured, sent to the Andersonville prison in Georgia and later to a prison in Florence, South Carolina, where local slaves helped him escape. He was able to make his way back to his unit.
The movie, directed by Harvey Lowry and produced by Michael Davis and Kara Williamson, is based on Hoover’s 1864 diary. Hoover was from Utica, New York, and four of his descendants will be at the premiere with his diary and medals.
Sean Stone stars as Joseph Hoover and Randy Wayne plays Tom Ryan. Other actors in the film are Tank Jones, Christian Fortune, Trish Cook and Rusty Martin Sr. The movie was shot on location at several North Carolina historic sites, including Edenton, Stagville Plantation and Horton Grove.
