Prairie Fire (1977)
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.
- Date of release
- 1977-01-01
- Runtime
- 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Rob Nilsson, John Hanson
Casting
- Henry Martinson — Narrator (voice)
- Eugene Corr — Self - Speaker (voice) (as Gene Corr)
- Dan Leegant — Self - Speaker (voice)
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