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Prairie Fire

1977Directed by Rob Nilsson, John Hanson

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Criterion Channel

Released: January 1, 1977
Runtime: 30m

About Prairie Fire

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Directors: Rob Nilsson
John Hanson

Principal cast

In billing order

Henry MartinsonNarrator (voice)
Eugene CorrSelf - Speaker (voice) (as Gene Corr)
Dan LeegantSelf - Speaker (voice)

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