Northern Lights

Name: Northern Lights
Genre: Drama, History
Released: November 17, 1978
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 72

1978

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Cine Manifest | Release Date: November 17, 1978

Summary: 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 theNORTHERN 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.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, History

Runtime: 95 min

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

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. Read full review

Fred Rothenberg

Hanson and Nilsson deserve credit for accurately portraying this grim period. [30 Mar 1982]

RogerEbert.com Roger Ebert

It leaves us with a series of stark images (of the struggle to harvest wheat during a snowstorm, of lamp-lit farmhomes, of Sorenson’s tireless Model T). And it also acts as a reminder of how much of American history stands in danger of being overlooked just because it happened outside the American mainstream. Read full review

J.R. Jones

John Ford’s The Grapes of Wrath seems like the obvious inspiration here, in both its proletarian sentiment and its primal arrangement of characters against the harsh landscape. Read full review

Vincent Canby

When the film's focus is on labor history, remembered or recreated, it is extremely moving. Fortunately this is most of the time. Read full review

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