Movie Title : Moving Midway Release Date : Sep 12, 2008 Limited Genre Movie :Documentary,Special Interest
Mpaa Rating : Unrated
Actors :Elizabeth Cheshire,Godfrey Cheshire,Robert Hinton,Charles Hinton Silver,Dena Williams Silver,Abraham Lincoln Hinton,Al Hinton
Built in 1848, Midway Plantation was for many years one of the most celebrated homes in the Raleigh, NC area -- an antebellum mansion that stood as a reminder of the style and traditions of the old South. However, in late 2003, Charlie Silver, who had inherited the estate, made a decision that took many by surprise -- troubled by the encroaching urban sprawl, Silver decided to move the mansion and its outbuildings to a new and more peaceful location. Charlie and wife Dena planned to finance the relocation by selling roughly a third of vacant property to developers, but not everyone in his family supported this notion; the land had been owned by Silver's kin since 1740, and some relatives felt Midway should remain on its native soil. Film critic Godfrey Cheshire, who is Charlie's cousin, decided to make a film about the role of Southern plantations in American history, popular culture, and society, as well as the difficult project of moving the mansion. While documenting the relocation, Charlie and Godfrey became aware of a previously unknown chapter in their family's history; their great-great grandfather Charles Lewis Hinton, who built Midway, fathered a child with an African-American slave living on the property. As a consequence, Cheshire discovers the existence of dozens of African-American cousins who have their own perspective on Midway's legacy. Moving Midway offers a look at the nuts and bolts of moving a piece of North Carolina history, as well as the people whose lives are rooted in its past, and includes extensive interviews with Robert Hinton, Associate Director of African-American studies at New York University, whose family has roots in Midway. Moving Midway received its world premiere at the 2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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In its 98 minutes, film critic Godfrey Cheshire's documentary Moving Midway records an amazing architectural feat, and that's the least of its virtues.Maureen M. Hart-Chicago Tribune
Quirky yet thoughtful.
Robert Abele-Los Angeles Times
What begins as a leave-taking turns into a homecoming that reflects the mixed-race society of the modern south.
Andrea Gronvall-Chicago Reader
Moving Midway tells three stories, each one worthy of a film of its own.
Roger Ebert-Chicago Sun-Times
The whole idea of foundation -- as it applies to family, history, and an actual, stately American house -- receives a thoughtful inspection in Moving Midway, the graceful nonfiction film from Godfrey Cheshire.
Lisa Schwarzbaum-Entertainment Weekly
Godfrey Cheshire's Moving Midway, from his own screenplay, provides a profound meditation on the paradoxes of race in America through a discovery of his own Southern family's hitherto hidden secrets.
Andrew Sarris-New York Observer
Godfrey Cheshire, a highly acclaimed film critic, uses his cinematic smarts and sensibility to good effect in "Moving Midway," his documentary about the relocation of his ancestral home, an antebellum N.C. plantation named Midway.
Jennifer Merin-About.com
It is more successful as a study of Dixie social sciences than as a family video diary.
Phil Hall-Film Threat
The move is something to behold.
Stan Hall-Oregonian
The details behind the actual move are the least interesting part of the film; far more compelling is the "history" of slavery as presented through a polished Hollywood veneer.
Matt Brunson-Creative Loafing
The myth of the Southern plantation incorporates and carries on visions of destiny and history, industry and identity.
Cynthia Fuchs-PopMatters
Cheshire deftly interweaves different interpretations of the antebellum South, through architecture, family memories (black and white), history, and popular culture.
Nora Lee Mandel-Film-Forward.com
Moving Midway isn't a simple-minded brotherhood-of-man tract. The film is spiked with artfully edited excerpts from some of the movies that have shaped American racial attitudes over the years.
Kurt Loder-MTV
Southern myths rise up, then drop like flies in the enthralling documentary Moving Midway, and all because director Godfrey Cheshire's cousin is moving house. Literally.
Ella Taylor-L.A. Weekly
The film offers a probing and patient analyses of converging social movements related to everything from the nomination of the country's first black President to how people relate their family's history.
Cole Smithey-ColeSmithey.com
An admirable examination of one family's belated attempt to come to grips with, if not atone for, its role in America's original sin.
Kam Williams-NewsBlaze
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