English film

Prairie Fire

Name: Prairie Fire
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1977-01-01
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Henry Martinson, Eugene Corr, Dan Leegant

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19770h 30mDocumentaryDir. Rob Nilsson

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The story

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 & crew

Henry Martinson

Narrator (voice)

Eugene Corr

Self - Speaker (voice) (as Gene Corr)

Dan Leegant

Self - Speaker (voice)

Rob Nilsson

Director