Filming Opens On Assateague For 13th Century Docudrama

ASSATEAGUE ISLAND — Smoke from a nearby battlefield drifts over the ancient sands of Egypt. Soldiers are preparing themselves for battle. Arms and armor are being donned. A powerful sultan, nephew of a legendary leader, stands clad in steel and gold and consults with his generals before the army marches to war. He is resolute and decisive laying out his strategy for the struggle ahead. One can almost hear the din of the battle and the clash of armies on the breeze coming off the Nile River. Suddenly, another man’s voice is heard over the sultan’s commands.

“Alright, that looked good. Lets take a look at that on the monitors before we try and shoot it again,” he said.

The Nile delta snaps back to the Eastern Shore hearing Director Alex Kronemer’s voice. The breeze reverts back to the whipping Atlantic wind, and the sands of ancient Egypt are once again the beach dunes of Assateague Island. The beach appears to hover in time between the 13th and the 21st centuries. The very old and the very new intermix freely on the set. Cell phones are seen on tables alongside six foot tall steel spears and wooden wheeled wagons are parked next to four-wheel drive SUV’s. There are seemingly miles of cables running into three flat screen monitors, all located inside a medieval Beaudoin tents.

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