Slatersville Screening 2021

SLATERSVILLE - The War

Slatersville-In-Progress Screening #8 took place on July 8th at the North Smithfield High School Auditorium. Critically-acclaimed filmmaker Christian de Rezendes presented an episode titled "The War" from his historical documentary series, Slatersville: America's First Mill Village, which will premiere on Rhode Island PBS in the fall of 2022.

This piece focused on the World War II years, the accomplishments of the Kendall's Slatersville Finishing Company on the home front, as well as written correspondence from Rev. Harvey Eastman of the Slatersville Congregational Church, and Wally Stone, a young man serving abroad in the South Pacific.