May 23
A new restoration of Northern Lights with filmmaker John Hanson '64
Carls in New York City
are invited to
A new restoration of Northern Lights with filmmaker John Hanson '64
Dates
Opens May 23 and runs through May 29.
Join directors John Hanson '64 and Rob Nilsson for a showing and special Q&A on May 23 and May 24 at 6:30 p.m.
Location
Film at Lincoln Center
Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center - Howard Gilman Theater
144 W 65th Street
New York, NY 10023
Cost
To see additional showtimes and to purchase tickets, visit the Film at Lincoln Center website.
Northern Lights won the 1979 Camera d’Or and was hailed worldwide as a classic of American independent cinema. Directors John Hanson '64 and Rob Nilsson used beautifully spare black and white images of the Dakota prairie to dramatize the battle that small wheat farmers waged against the bankers, railroad magnates, and grain monopolists who were pushing them into bankruptcy. Their movement caught fire and their party—the Nonpartisan League—won the elections of 1916, but at great personal cost.
Shot on location (on grain-rich black-and-white 16mm) in the dead of winter and featuring an astonishing cast of non-professional actors, this handmade masterpiece remains a stirring monument to collectivity.
View the trailer and read a recent review by The Film Stage, a leading resource for independent and international films.
More information can be found on the Film at Lincoln Center website.
Questions?
Contact Alumni Relations via email or 800-729-2586.