06/02/2026
Bravo Whisky Charlie Films is casting for its upcoming Civil War proof-of-concept "No Quarter", to be filmed in the coastal North Carolina area. This is a non-union, non-paid indie production. Copy/credit will be provided. Shoot date for proof-of-concept will be selected once we've firmed up cast.
Set in December 1863, "No Quarter" tells the story of Black soldiers of the 1st North Carolina Colored Volunteers (1st NCCV) attached to Wild's African Brigade on his December 1863 Great Dismal Swamp Expedition. On a scouting patrol, a detachment of soldiers has been cut off during a chance encounter with local Confederates. Forced to survive off the land, the men of the detachment understand that, if captured, they can expect no quarter as proper white soldiers would receive. The proof-of-concept will be a short three- to five-minute scene set during that encounter.
Bravo Whisky Charlie Films is a veteran-founded, veteran run indie film studio. As such, we strongly encourage veterans and actively-serving military personnel to audition. As massive history nerds, we encourage reenactors to audition (or help provide extras and advisers). Horseback riding skills are a strong, major plus. Your own period-correct, authentic costume is a strong, major plus.
If you are interested in auditioning for one of the roles listed below, please follow the instructions. Failure to follow them will most likely result in your email not being seen, or otherwise ignored.
1.) Email [email protected]
2.) Subject line must be: NO QUARTER AUDITION
3.) At a minimum include: headshot, body shot, contact email, contact phone number -- please make sure your photos are current. If you take a cellphone selfie, they must be clear, well-lit, and contain what we asked for.
4.) If you have a film CV, that should be attached.
5.) If you have a demo reel or taped monologue, please send only a link. Large files may be rejected by our email domain.
6.) Vet/AD or reenactors should let us know
Once we receive your submission, you will receive an email acknowledging that we got it. Shortly thereafter you will receive another email with a release/consent form and a casting questionnaire. Return it completed. We will then send you relevant sides.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Comments of "submitted" are welcome, as it helps keep our post bumped.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
All roles are male, all ethnicities are Black except where specifically stated. Ages are to be considered "What you can appear as", not your chronological real-world age.
1.) Corporal Isaiah Freeman
-- Age: mid to late 20s. The character is mixed ethnicity (white, Black). Freeman is formerly enslaved, chose his own last name because he didn't want to take his enslaver father's family name. Whilst literacy is outlawed, Freeman is literate only because he secretly learned from his father's Bible, taught by his white half-sister. Calm, watchful, and morally centered. Freeman is the squad leader and whilst he is not the highest-ranking man, he is becoming a true leader. Freeman is THE main character, and will be the subject of the proof-of-concept scene we are filming.
2.) Private Moses Clay
-- Age: ~18? Young, recently escaped enslavement. Volunteered to fight with a local unit because his family is still enslaved and this is the best way to rescue them. Unblooded in battle, terrified but proud. He enlisted because the uniform made him feel like a man no one could sell again. He takes care of his uniform and refuses to abandon any part of it. His family is still enslaved in the regiment's area of operation.
3.) Sergeant Abram Reed
-- Age: 50s? Manumitted formerly enslaved man. Bought his freedom through years of hard work and saving money from being hired out by his enslaver. Older, hard, practical. Cynical because history has proven him right. Worked as a manual laborer or teamster for the Union Army before they started recruiting Black soldiers. He distrusts white soldiers, white officers, white Confederates, white Union generals, and any promise made by a government that once protected slavery. He believes survival comes before orders. His leadership style is defensive, practical, and harsh. He is not trying to inspire the company's men. He is trying to keep them alive. This may put him into conflict with both Cpl Freeman and Lt. Ellery.
4.) Lieutenant Thomas Ellery
-- Age: early 20s. Young white USCT officer. Formerly enlisted, took an officer position with a USCT regiment because he wanted the rank and responsibility. Educated but inexperienced, abolitionist and a bright-eyed idealist, sincere but full of naïve bravado, his lack of inexperience and absolute certainty of purpose means he is sometimes wrong--a concern to Sgt. Reed, who sees the inexperienced officer as a threat to survival of the unit's enlisted men. Lt. Ellery believes his good intentions and his commission make him worthy of trust.
5.) Private Daniel Green
-- Age: early 20s. Born free in the North, he did not experience slavery in the same way Isaiah, Moses, or Abram did, but the Confederacy still sees him as disposable, inferior, and punishable. His freedom is legal, but fragile. Green is one of the few who doesn't innately understand this, having never been South before. He is less an idealist and more naïve about what the other men are fighting to abolish.
6.) Caleb Rusk
-- Age: late teens, early 20s. White. Captured Confederate courier, a soldier with the Confederate Signal Corps. Poor, dirty, exhausted, not grand or aristocratic. Rusk should never be a caricature--he prevents the Confederacy from becoming a cartoon but never, ever excuses what it represents. Captured in a skirmish, Caleb sees himself as a true prisoner of war and believes his surrender makes him protected. The reality is, Caleb knows that Black soldiers are tortured, murdered, or (re)enslaved and he knows these men understand that and are not obligated to treat him according to the conventions of the time. So he tries to survive by making himself useful. He tries to bargain with information: a ford, a patrol route, a nearby farm. He insists he never owned slaves and is painfully aware that the southern poor are fighting a rich man's war, but his protestations fall flat--his uniform still represents the system hunting them.
