Prairie Fire

John Hanson
1977-01-01


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30 min

The first segment of what would eventually be the Prairie Trilogy, about veteran North Dakota poet and socialist organizer Henry Martinson, who fought against economic exploitation. Martinson recounts the 1916 birth of the Socialist Nonpartisan League, his narrative accompanied by images shot by Nilsson’s own grandfather, Frithjof Holmboe.

Cast

Name Character Team
Henry Martinson Narrator (voice) Unowned
Eugene Corr Self - Speaker (voice) (as Gene Corr) Unowned
Dan Leegant Self - Speaker (voice) Unowned