South Carolina is getting fired up about the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year with The Battle of Sullivan’s Island. It’s a new film production by Wide Awake Films commemorating Charleston’s role in the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, and you’ll feel right at home.
In the opening shot, an SC250 Anniversary logo is afloat on waters off Sullivan’s Island, signalling the state’s commemoration of the American Revolution is underway. On the screen, the surf’s familiar foamy churn then gives way to an equally mesmerizing, rhythmic image: a blue flag with a familiar lone crescent billowing in the ocean breeze.
A stately serif font emerges, revealing more. A date, May 31, 1776, alerts us that we are no longer on the Sullivan’s Island of today, where sun worshippers and olive oil gelato beckon. We have journeyed to the time before the current onslaught of beach traffic and chic boites, but one also facing a slew of visitors from off…