Northern Lights (1978)
- Directed by
- Rob Nilsson, John Hanson
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film shows a young farmer in North Dakota around 1915 who gets involved with organizing a new political party for struggling farmers. It follows his efforts to rally support against powerful grain companies and banks.
earnestseriousslow-pacedhistoricalgroundedquietly intensecontemplativerural
What happens
Northern Lights is a 1978 independent film that dramatizes the founding of the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota, a populist political movement in the American Midwest in the early 1900s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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