
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
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March 2, 1982
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Documentary, Drama
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.
Featured Crew
Carl Sandburg
Poem
Sara Fishko
Editor
Jac Venza
Executive Producer
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Cast

John Cullum
Carl Sandburg

Frances Conroy
Mother / Lilian Steichen

Michael Higgins
Father / Hobo

Carl Sandburg
Self (voice) (archive footage)