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NORTHERN LIGHTS

Year: 1978
Country: United States
Run Time: 90 minutes

NORTHERN LIGHTS

With black-and-white footage reminding the viewer of its historical roots, NORTHERN LIGHTS provides an appealing portrait of an all-but-forgotten segment of American history. The sweep of the Great Plains, the intimacy of a family dinner, the passion of angry farmers demanding their rights, all of this is recreated in this documentary-style narrative of life in North Dakota in 1915. Directors Hanson and Nilsson used only three professional actors in the film; other characters are deftly portrayed by the actual citizens of the North Dakota location site. NORTHERN LIGHTS is a story of emotions - love, fear, frustration - and has gained a reputation as the new "Grapes of Wrath."

Screenplay
John Hanson and Rob Nilsson

Producer
Cine Manifest

Cinematography
Judy Irola

Editing
John Hanson and Rob Nilsson

Principal Cast
Robert Behling, Susan Lynch, Joe Spano

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