• “The way to keep a secret, is not to tell it to anybody.”

    Loreta Velazquez
  • “My career has differed from that of most women.  Some things I have done have shocked persons for whom I have every respect.”

    Loreta Velazquez
  • “What a fearful thing this human slaughtering was.”

    Loreta Velazquez
  • “War fare inevitably breeds corruption”

    Loreta Velazquez
  • “A woman labors to fight her own way in the world, and yet, she can often do things that a man cannot.”

    Loreta Velazquez
  • “I was, despite my Spanish ancestry, an American, heart and soul.”

    Loreta Velazquez

Crew Credit List

Writer/Director
María Agui Carter

Producers
María Agui Carter
Calvin Lindsay, Jr.

Starring
Romi Dias        Loreta Velazquez (Adult)
Isabel Carter     Loreta Velazquez (Child)

Voice-Over
Llewelyn Smith                                    Narrator
Romi Dias                    Loreta Velazquez

On-camera Experts
Jesse Alemán – Professor, American Literary Studies, University of New Mexico, USA
DeAnne Blanton – Senior Military Archivist, National Archives, USA
Catherine Clinton – Professor of US History at Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland
Carman Cumming – Professor, Journalism, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Gary Gallagher – Professor, Department of History, University of Virginia, USA
Kirsten Silva Gruesz – Professor, Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Richard Hall † – Author, Women on the Civil War Battlefront
Elizabeth D. Leonard – Professor, History at Colby College, Maine, USA
Vicki L. Ruiz – Professor, History and Chicano/Latino Studies, University of California, Irvine, USA
Virginia Sánchez-Korrol – Professor Emerita, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Brooklyn College, CUNY, USA
Renée Sentilles – Associate Professor, History, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Christina Vella -Author, Intimate Enemies, New Orleans, La, USA

Additional Cast
Beresford Bennett        Bob
Will Le Bow                 Jubal A. Early
Ed Rivera                     Sr. Velazquez
Sofia Rivera                 Loreta’s Daughter
Noah Seiden                Loreta’s Son
Caty Moore                  Loreta’s baby
Frank Romano             Printer
Joseph Zamparelli, Jr.   Southern Gent & Conf. soldier
Mark Zagaeski             Inkeeper
Fernanda Hess              Victorian Lady
Julie Dansker               Victorian Girl
Jane Karol                    Romi’s Riding Double
Joseph Pereira              Major Alexander
Stephen Kirpatrick       William and Cpt. Thomas DeCaulp

Living History ReenactmentAdvisors
Kevin Herschberger
Joseph Pereira

Additional Living History consultants
Thomas F. Asselin
Mark Behmes
Alex Belhumeur
Mark Bingham
David Clarke
John Dwyer
Thomas Feareby
Dama Fountain
Paul R. Gliniewicz
Mathew Grace
Marguerite G. Gravois
Derek Hedemann
Mark E. Hubina
William Karanek
Todd Kern
Elizabeth M. King
Brad Lewis
Mark J. McCormick
Brian Merrick
Anthony Pacileo
Ben Pacileo
John D. Pagano
Amy Pecquet
Charles Pecquet
Ian Pecquet
Isabelle Pecquet
Jacques Pecquet
Debbie Rhodes
Delaney D. Smith
Summer Thorton
Lyndon Williams
Nancy Williams

 

PRODUCTION
Line Producer
Sabrina Avilés
Cinematographers

Miguelángel Aponte-Ríos

Rob Massey

Alex Vlacos

 

Production Coordinator

Kat Alix-Gaudreau

Assistant Director:

Calvin Lindsay, Jr.

Casting Director

Maria Nelson

Artistic Director

María Agui Carter

Wardrobe Mistress

Heather Hook

Additional Wardrobe

Kara Bartels

Kevin Herschberger

Katharine Lake

Brian Merrick

Deb Newhall

Makeup Artists

Marleen Alter

Deb Cross

Sharon Spradlin

Head Hairstylist

Victoria Porter

 

Additional Hair Stylists

Ulla Barrack-Aricayos

Ashley Ryan

Jennifer Santiago

Field Producers

Kevin R. Herschberger (Virginia & MA)

 Susan Levitas (LA)

Sarah Schenck  (NY)

Additional Camera

Brian Bain

Bestor Cram

Rafi Landau

Geoffrey Luck

Edwin Pagán

First Assistant Camera

Jesse Beecher

Justin Lange

Rodrigo Llano

Sound

Benjamin Avishai

Jesse Beecher

Chris Hall

John Steadwell

 

Key Grip

Ken Perham

Grips

Jamel Bell

Grant Casassa

Phillip Cornetta

Slater Cram

Gene Damian

Chris Nickerson

Gaffer

Brian Bain

Grant Casassa

Mansee Kong

Chris Nickerson

Property Master

Adam Roffman

Additional Props

Chris Becker

Kevin Hershberger

 

SFX Coordinator

Brian Merrick

SFX Assistant

Lucy Hutchinson

Production Assistants

 

Umayyah Cable

Isabel Carter

Maxwell Carter

Grant Casassa

Phillip Cornetta

Slater Cram

Matthew Crowley

Lauren Cunningham

Cheri Daniels

Julie Dansker

Michael Dzurak

Matt Garcia

Monica Gerhardt

Juliana Glassco

Patricia Hohl

Dhonyale Jones

Shira Katz

Darin Kent

Christopher Manning

Sarah McCulley

Monika Navarro

Julio Palleiro

Xareni Penichet

Ashley Pletz

Max Prum

Peter Rosado

Carla Santiago

Cathy Shiflett

Sommer Thorton

Scott Veggeberg

Paula Verma

David Wells

Wendy Wolfe Fine

Jeff Wong

 

POST PRODUCTION

Editor

Bernice Schneider

Assistant Editor:

Summers Henderson

 

Story Consultant:

Fernanda Rossi

Edit Technical Consultants

Chi Ho Lee

Loren Miller

Ben Reischman

 

Post-Production Supervisor

María Agui Carter

Post Production Coordinators

Ben Lopez

Carla Pataky

MUSIC

Composer

Joseph Julian Gonzalez

Music Editor

Monique Valadez

Recording Engineer

Victor Chan

Contractor

Jorge Soto

Music Intern

Paul Fuentes

Musicians

  John Rusnak                                       Piano

Delia Rios                                            Vocals

Joseph Julian Gonzalez                                Guitar, Harp

Orquesta de Cuerdas de Tijuana

Jorge Soto

Apolo Ceja Pachinski

Ada Villalonga Suárez

Valeria Arista Palacios

Augusto Antonio Mirón Pleitez

Carlos Roberto Gandara García

Laura Ayon

Omar Firestone

Jenia Kobylyanska

Jose Angel Gutiérrez Chávez

 

Researchers

Matt Garcia

Monica Gerhardt

Raquel Greenberg

Summers Henderson

Marie Varrelman Melchiori

Amisha Sharma

Susan Yao

Interns

Dylan Grossman

Fiona Kohrman

Lenora Symczak

Heather Woodcock

 

Still Photography

Umayyah Cable

Gerard Gaskin

Patricia Hohl

Julio Palleiro

Archival Researchers

Joy Conley

Kat Alix-Gaudreau

Rich Remsberg

Archival and Stock Sources

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

American Antiquarian Society

American Missionary Association Archives Addenda, Amistad Research Center New Orleans LA

Archives of Michigan

Boston Public Library, Rare Books

Cook Collection, Valentine Richmond History Center

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

Duke University (Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library)

Shutterstock Images LLC

Getty Images

Harvard Map Collection

Jackson K. Doane Private collection

James Maestas and the Center for Colorado & The West at the Auraria Library, Denver, CO

Lauren M. Cook private collection

Library of Congress

Lorraine Scrimshaw private collection

Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, N.C.

Museum of the Confederacy Richmond, VA

Napoleonmuseum Thurgau, Switzerland

National Archives

National Park Service

Peoria, Illinois Public Library

Reenactment Stock Footage

Streamline Films

The Producers Library

Thought Equity Motion

Collection of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield

University of North Carolina at Greenborough University Libraries

University of Florida Digital Collections (George A. Smathers Libraries)

UNC Library at Chapel Hill (North Carolina Collection, Southern Historical Collection)

Ursuline Collection, Webb County Heritage Foundation, Laredo, Texas

U.S. Army Military History Institute (Crawford Collection  & Louise Arnold Collection)

Webb County Heritage Foundation, Laredo, Texas

WGBH Media Library & Archives

William Boldt Private Collection

 

Sound Recording Studios

Heart Punch Studio

Modulus Studios

Puget Sound, Inc.

On Line Studio

Modulus

Sound-Mix

Heart Punch Studio

Sound Designer

Geof Thurber

Sound & Dialogue/ Sound Mixer

Greg McCleary

Animaton & Film Graphics

Aaron Nee

Alisa Placas

Additional Graphics

Haley Parker

 

Film & Recording Locations

Sullivan Chamber, Cambridge, MA

Cambridge City TV8, Cambridge, MA

Cambridge Studios, Cambridge, MA

Camp Sayre, Milton, MA

                                         Casa de la Cultura, Tijuana, B.C., Mexico

Chica Luna Productions, NYC

Funkhouser Residence, Concord, MA

Home of Beverly Carter, Washington, DC

Home of Gary Gallagher, Charlottesville, VA

Home of Laurie Gene Mygatt, N.Y., N.Y.

Home of María Agui Carter, Cambridge, MA

Le Richelieu Hotel, New Orleans, LA

Lyman Estate, Waltham, MA

Morris-Jumel Mansion Museum, NYC

Museum of Printing, North Andover, MA

National Archives and Records Administration, Washington DC

Orchard House, Concord, MA

Pitot House & Museum, New Orleans, LA

Randolph Barn, Milton, MA

Rosedown Plantation, Francisville, LA

Redington Museum, Waterville, ME

Sauvignet House, New Orleans, LA

St. Botolph’s Club, Boston, MA

St. Louis Cemeteries, New Orleans, LA

The French Quarter, New Orleans, LA

The Stevens Estate, North Andover, MA

Weston Plantation, Hopewell, VA

VENDORS

American Residuals and Talent, Inc.

Beard Bros Rental

Berta and Mina’s Antiquities, NOLA

High Output

Historical Entertainment

Hotlights

NES Rentals

Northern Light Productions

Pulse Media

Xeno Lights

Accountant

Helen Yung

 

Legal Counsel

Sandy Forman, Esq.

Fernando Ramirez, Esq.

Suffolk University Law School Intellectual Property Clinic

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THANK YOU

 

Midy Aponte

Paula Aguilera

Rosa Alonso

Luca Bentivoglio

Eve Brown

Tenisha Callender

Hortensia Calvo

Agustin Castaneda

Claudia Chuber

Rachel Clark

Marlene Dermer

Marta Cruz Kelly

Robyn DeShields

Joan Debow

Kathryn Dietz

Robby Fahey

Fran Forman

Michal Goldman

Joyce Henry

Paula Heredia

Nancy Hewitt

James Holland

John Jarvis

Jane Karol

Walker Lasiter

Jody Lee

Mary Lugo

Gabrilella Jones-Litchfield

Elias Mallette

Loren Miller

Jennifer Mitchell

Joey Molina

Michelle Morgan

Neil Mulholland

Franes Negrón-Muntaneer

Bob Nelson

Alex Nogales

Celinda Peña

Lawrence Powell

Susi Potter

Lee Rubin

Jessica Silbey

David Tames

Shulamit Reinharz

Fernando Ruiz

Michael Sartiski

Anne Marie Stein

Daryl Studebaker

Joseph Tovares

Laurel Ulrich

Margarita de La Vega-Hurtado

David Vela

Bonnie Waltch

Jonathan Williams

WISDOM, INSPIRATION, SUPPORT:

Bestor Cram

Evangeline Griego

Dennis Hernandez

Laurie Kahn

Jennifer Lawson

Ana Lopez

Cynthia Lopez

Maria Lopez

Juan Mandelbaum

Neyda Martinez

Eric Masunaga

Beni Matias

Robb Moss

Edward James Olmos

Louise Rosen

Richard Saiz

Ken Salazar

Llewelyn Smith

Eric Stange

Doris Sommers

Paul Taylor

Judith Vecchione

Kirk Whistler

Debra Zimmerman

Funding

Rockefeller Fellowship, Tulane University

Warren Fellowship, Harvard University

Louisiana Endowment for Humanities

Maria Lopez

Sassower Grant, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis College

Production Assistance & Support

CPB/PBS Producer’s Academy

Cuban and Carribean Studies Institute, Tulane

Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura, Tijuana, B.C., Mexico

NALIP Producer’s Academy

National Park Service

 

Fiscal Sponsor

Filmmakers Collaborative

WPBT2

Jack Kelly        V.P. Production (retired)

Neil Hecker      Chief Content Officer

Latino Public Broadcasting

Sandie Viquez Pedlow  Executive Producer for Voces

Luis Ortiz         Series Producer for Voces

Executive Producer for ITVS

Sally Jo Fifer

 

 

Rebel is a co-production of Iguana Films, LLC

and the Independent Television Service (ITVS),

in association with WPBT2/Miami

and Latino Public Broadcastig (LPB),

with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)

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