Movie

Prairie Fire (1977)

• January 1, 1977
• 30m

• Documentary

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.

Directors

Rob Nilsson, John Hanson

Starring

Henry Martinson, Eugene Corr, Dan Leegant