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Amanda Trudell films Mormon-era scenes for Shooting Strang on Beaver Island

Also Amanda Trudell Shooting Strang film production Beaver Island 2012 · Shooting Strang senior thesis filming 2012

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Date2012-11
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Summary

The December 2012 Beaver Beacon reports that College for Creative Studies student Amanda Trudell returned to Beaver Island in November to film Mormon-era scenes for her senior thesis documentary Shooting Strang, with local residents participating.

Evidence limits

The issue describes filming and a possible Museum Week preview; it does not establish that the film was completed or screened.

Sources

  1. Amanda Trudell recruited extras for a November 10 filming of the Strang assassination reenactment and scheduled a costume/talent-release meeting. This is a production call, not evidence that the finished film was completed or historically accurate.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005698
  2. Beaver Beacon, December 2012, "Shooting Strang — Again."
    Reports Amanda Trudell's November return to Beaver Island to film Mormon-era scenes for her senior thesis, with Island residents acting and a possible Museum Week 2013 preview. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-12_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held December issue scan confirms the film-production report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Amanda Trudell films Mormon-era scenes for Shooting Strang on Beaver Island”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-shooting-strang-film-production-2012/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Reenactment of Strang’s assassination needs bit players,” November 2–9, 2012. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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