Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Local filmmakers take the road less traveled in making Civil War saga
There is more than one way to get a movie made. Just ask the people behind the would-be Civil War saga "Arkansas Traveler." Hoping to raise $10 million, the four filmmakers are producing a trailer before the movie has been shot.
- Photos | Making a Civil War movie
- Olathe cemetery event honors soldiers who wore blue in the Civil War
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