In this exclusive deadCenter 2022 interview, we sit down with writer/director Bryan Beasley to discuss his new film and the festival’s war movie this year, The Battle of Honey Springs. Beasley talks about how the battle had direct impacts on the US Civil War and helped shape Oklahoma history before sharing his experience bringing this epic skirmish to life at the location of the actual battle for the Honey Springs Battlefield Visitor Center. If you’re a fan of innovative documentary or historical reenactments, this reimagined recounting is one to add to your schedule for deadCenter 2022 on Saturday, June 11th at 11 AM CST. To ensure you get a seat, get your festival pass or individual ticket now! Special Guest Bryan Beasley Writer/director of The Battle for Honey Springs According to the deadCenter program, The Battle for Honey Springs can be described as: North or South, whichever side controlled Indian Territory, controlled the fate of slavery west of the Mississippi.  In the end, the battle at Honey Springs would be remembered as the climactic engagement within Indian Territory and the most diverse battle in American Civil War history. On July 17, 1863, Major General James G. Blunt marched 3000 Union […]

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