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Promotional Film

    Rossier Production, Inc. (RPI), a non-profit production company in Tallahassee, Florida has developed a promotional film about SEPARATE FOUNTAINS for author, Patti Wilson Byars, to use at conferences and in schools when speaking about her story. 

     Committed to a vision of promoting history, education and cultural awareness, RPI is dedicated to create, produce and distribute products which encourage civic participation, enhance classroom activity and motivate all people to become involved in their world community!

      For more information about this and other products of RPI, please contact:

     The setting for the promotional film about Separate Fountains was at two different locations. Several scenes were filmed at Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida, which at one time was the plantation home of Henry Beadel. For more information on Tall Timbers Research Station, please look at their website: www.talltimbers.org.
      The other location in the filming of Separate Fountains was the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Using an old Iron Lung, a hospital scene was established showing Josh's experience of lying in an Iron Lung when he had polio in 1953.

 

Cast of Separate Fountains promotional film:
Ardella Sanders -- Lorraine Warren
Katie Jane Taylor -- Jessica Littlefield
Josh Taylor -- Parker Durrance
B. J. Taylor (Daddy) -- Chris Gantt
Katherine Taylor (Mama) -- Augusta West
Mr. Thornton -- Ryan Falvey
Sherlock Holmes (dog) -- "Lady" owned by Kenneth Mick
 

Vehicles used in Separate Fountains: Blue two door 1950 Chevrolet sedan, owned by Luther Pickels, Monticello, Florida
Blue 1950 Chevrolet truck, owned by Luther Hollingsworth, Monticello, Florida
 

Plants provided by Esposito Gardening Center, Tallahassee, Florida.
 

Cotton basket provided by Funkshun Junkshun, Monticello

 


Daddy stops the car and asks Katie Jane if she wants to go with him to take Ardella home.

 

 

Katie Jane and Ardella shell butterbeans on the front porch. It takes large pans to hold all of the shelled butterbeans!

 

 

 

 

    

Mr. Thornton delivers groceries to Daddy and Mama's front porch.

 

 

 

 

 

Katie Jane's face shows worry as she shares something she heard in town with Daddy. 

 

 

 

 

Patti Wilson Byars, Script Writer, bursts into laughter with Katie Jane and Daddy as they rehearse some of their lines.

 

    

Josh looks at himself in the mirror while the Iron Lung helps him to breathe.

 

 

 

 

 

    

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