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Prairie Fire

1977-01-010h 30mDocumentary

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.

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Directed byRob Nilsson John Hanson

Original languageEnglish

Original release1977-01-01

ProductionUnited States of America

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Henry MartinsonNarrator (voice)

Eugene CorrSelf - Speaker (voice) (as Gene Corr)

Dan LeegantSelf - Speaker (voice)

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