State Premiere of Hatfields & McCoys miniseries happens Thurs., May 24th, at Keith-Albee

LOGAN, W.Va. - HISTORY Channel and Think Factory Media will present a "Hatfields & McCoys" Special Premiere at the Keith-Albee Theatre this Thurs., May 24th, at 7:30 p.m., and several local individuals will be participating.

According to event planners, attendees who were invited to the semi-formal affair will be given a private screening—a sneak peak—of the "Hatfields & McCoys" History Channel miniseries, along with the two-hour documentary, entitled, “America’s Greatest Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys.”

Cast members from the mini-series and documentary will attend, along with filmmakers, historians, and feudist descendants that helped bring the epic and documentary to life.

Besides people from the History Channel and Think Factory Media, representatives from Trifecta Productions, the camera and production team for the documentary, and the WV Film Commission will also be at the function. Reenactors from across the Mountain State, Kentucky and Southern Ohio will also be on hand. Local individuals who have been invited to attend the event include Bill Richardson, Raamie Barker, and Keith Davis. They, along with others, were interviewed for the documentary in February.

The six-hour miniseries, “Hatfields & McCoys” will debut nationwide on May 28th, 29th, and 30th at 9 p.m. nightly, and stars Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Mare Winningham and others.

The other feud-related program, “America’s Greatest Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys," is a two-hour documentary that investigates the family feud story. It airs on the HISTORY channel on Sat., June 2nd at 4 p.m. The film is directed by Emmy-nominated producer and director Mark Cowen (”Band of Brothers”) and stars several regional individuals including Raamie Barker, Keith Davis, and Bill Richardson—as well as feud-era reenactors from across the state. This documentary kicks off a complete marathon of Hatfield-McCoy related programming that day. The miniseries with Kevin Costner will repeat and run in its entirety starting at 6 p.m., following the documentary.