Jan 14
A new restoration of Northern Lights with filmmaker John Hanson '64
Carls in the Twin Cities
are invited to
A new restoration of Northern Lights with filmmaker John Hanson '64
Tuesday, January 16, 2025
Time
7:15 p.m.
Location
The Main Cinema
115 SE Main Street
Minneapolis, MN 55414
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.
In the words of the lead organizer, Ray Sorenson, “You struggle for a good life, but you never get to live it.”
More information can be found on the The Film Society of Minneapolis/ St. Paul website.
Questions?
Contact Alumni Relations via email or 800-729-2586.