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
Stars: John Cullum, Frances Conroy, Michael Higgins, Peter Michael Goetz, Carl Sandburg
Crew: Carl Sandburg (Poem), Sara Fishko (Editor), Jac Venza (Executive Producer), Perry Miller Adato (Producer), Perry Miller Adato (Director), Michael Davis (Director of Photography)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: PBS, Thirteen
Runtime: 119 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 02, 1982
IMDb: 10
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