2014 Films
NORTHERN LIGHTS
Jake Perlin
MARCH
30
4:30 PM
Directed by: John Hanson and Rob Nilsson
Venue: National Gallery of Art
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NORTHERN LIGHTS (USA, 1978, 95 min.)
The formation of the Nonpartisan League, a grassroots populist movement of the northern Midwest in the years before World War I, is the subject of this semi-fictional film. Restored to its original black and white brilliance, it chronicles the experiences of North Dakota farmers who, facing a bleak and blustery winter in 1915, were forced to organize against the bankers and out-of-state corporations exploiting them and their land. Directed and produced by John Hanson and Rob Nilsson.
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