Prairie Fire

Prairie Fire — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 1, 1977
• Runtime
• 30 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Rob Nilsson

Prairie Fire — Cast

H

Henry Martinson Narrator (voice) Eugene Corr Self - Speaker (voice) (as Gene Corr)

D

Dan Leegant Self - Speaker (voice)