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Union

Directed by Whitney Hamilton

UNION is about a woman who takes on her dead brother's identity in order to survive the Civil War and Marries a widow to help save her farm.

  • ABOUT
  • BIO
  • SCREENINGS
  • AWARDS
  • CREDITS
  • GALLERY

Genre

Synopsis

A woman named Grace disguises herself as her dead brother, Henry, in order to survive in the Confederate ranks during the Civil War. With the help of Indians hiding in the mountains 'Henry' is reunited with the widow, Virginia, who saved his life at the battle of Antietam and marries her to rescue Virginia from an unfortunate arranged marriage. They keep each others secrets and forge an unusual family. They fall deeply in love and their UNION becomes legend handed down to generations in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Bio

Whitney Hamilton is an award winning writer/director whose debut feature film, MY BROTHER’S WAR premiered at the Methodfest Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Micro Budget Independent film and Best Actress for Whitney. It was released theatrically in L.A. and on video via VanGuard and was picked up by Netflix in 2006. It went on to play at various Film Festivals. It is streaming on Amazon, Plex, Xumo and Tellofilms. Whitney’s second feature, A ROGUE IN LONDINIUM premiered at Lucerne Independent Film Festival in 2011 and New Hope Film Festival 2012 where it won Honorable Mention for Indie Spirit Award and Best Art House Film. It is streaming on Amazon Prime, Alice’s Movies on Xumo, Plex, Tubi tv and Zuzu. Whitney’s third feature, UNION, is a sequel to My Brother’s War. It premiered at the Sidewalk Film Festival and went on the festival circuit where she won Best Director and Best Artistic Spirit at New Hope FF among many other Best Picture awards. It was picked up for Theatrical distribution by Indican Pictures and streaming by Lionsgate in 2019. Whitney is currently working on a TV pilot, THE PRIVATEERS. It placed as Quarterfinalist at the Atlanta Film Festival Script Competition 2022, Second Rounder Austin Film Festival 2021, Semi-finalist Hollyshorts Screenwriting Competition 2021 and Quarterfinalist for Diverse Voices 2021. She is also writing a feature horror film called LUPO set in the antebellum South.

Screening History

Sidewalk Film Festival 2018

Santa Fe Film Festival 2019

Sedona International Film Festival 2019

Richmond International Film Festival 2019

New Hope Film Festival 2019

Awards History

New Hope Film Festival 2019 - Best Director

New Hope Film Festival 2019 - Best Artistic Spirit

New Hope Film Festival 2019 - Best LGBTQ Film

Credits

Actor - Virginia Newcomb

Actor - Tucker Meek

Actor - Jared Bowen