GOODNIGHT ALDEN: “Goodnight, Alden” was directed by filmmaker Jeff Leighton in 1991 and tells the story of a moment in the lives of three Civil War soldiers, two Union and one Confederate, who face each other across a river. They begin the day taking shots at each other and end it with a greater understanding of their shared humanity. This award-winning film was shot on the Tar River near Franklinton, NC.