Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences

Perry Miller Adato's first attempt to combine documentary techniques with dramatic re-enactment. The film uses actor John Cullum both as himself and to play the young Sandburg in short dramatic sequences. In search of Sandburg, Cullum travels to the poet's native home, Galesburg, Illinois speaking with close friends and family of the writer. Through a remarkable recently discovered trove of period photographs of Galesburg, the small-town America of Sandburg's childhood - the horse carriages, the ice-man delivering ice, a Fourth of July celebration - is revived in vivid detail.

Genre:

Documentary, Drama

Duration:

119 min

Cast:

John Cullum, Frances Conroy, Michael Higgins

Quality:

HD

Director:

Perry Miller Adato

Release:

1982

Country:

United States

Rating:

8.0