CAPTURES THE STORY AND DYNAMICS OF THIS REMARKABLE TEAM
Join us for a screening of local filmmaker Norman Jetmundsen's film about the undefeated Sewanne football team of 1899.
"Everybody who passes through Sewanee’s stone gates—visitors, prospective students, lost souls who take a wrong turn off I-24—will all have one experience in common: They won’t be on the Domain for long before hearing about the Sewanee football team of 1899. In the usual telling of the story, the season played by that team seems more like legend than history—a bit of folklore with a religious slant. Posters reading “On the seventh day, they rested” can be found in offices and dorm rooms across campus. The story is told with pride, and with what seems like at least a little embellishment. Now, a couple of devoted Sewanee alumni are on a mission to debunk any skepticism about the veracity of the tale and to tell the whole story. Relying on research done by Francis S. Houghteling Professor of American History Woody Register, C'80, the documentary crew is breaking the 1899 season down to its finest details. They’ve come to find that it’s much more historical fact than folk tale."
AGE GROUP: | Teens (Grades 7-12) | Adults (Ages 21+) | Adults (Ages 18+) |
EVENT TYPE: | Movie | Adult Events |