Prairie Fire

1977
About the movie

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.

ReleasedJanuary 1, 1977
DirectorRob Nilsson
Runtime30 min
CastHenry MartinsonEugene CorrDan Leegant
GenresDocumentary
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