Join fellow history enthusiasts for this week’s International Film Forum screening: Northern Lights (John Hanson & Rob Nilsson, 1978, 95 min.) The event will take place today, Monday, January 13 from 7pm-9pm in the Weitz Cinema. A Q&A with director John Hanson will follow the screening.
Northern Lights has the feel of an old black and white photograph discovered in an attic. The bitter-sweet story of young lovers caught up in an political struggle waged by farmers against the grain trade, the banks and the railroads, Northern Lights brings back a forgotten era of American history and evokes the austere beauty of the Northern Plains.
Watch the trailer here