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Prairie Fire

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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  • Henry Martinson

    Henry Martinson

    Narrator (voice)

  • Eugene Corr

    Eugene Corr

    Self - Speaker (voice) (as Gene Corr)

  • Dan Leegant

    Dan Leegant

    Self - Speaker (voice)

Overview

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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