Free Films Featuring NPL Organizer Henry Martinson at ND Heritage Center & State

Henry Martinson was one of the most influential Nonpartisan League (NPL) organizers in North Dakota history. His life is highlighted in Rob Nilson and John Hanson's "Prairie Trilogy". “Rebel Earth” and “Survivor,” parts 2 and 3 of the trilogy, will be shown on Sunday, Nov. 20 beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Russell Reid Auditorium of the ND Heritage Center & State Museum. The showing is free and open to the public. A panel discussion will follow the film showings. “Rebel Earth” (50 min.) is the chronicle of 97-year-old Henry Martinson as he joins a young farmer, Jon Ness of Ambrose to look for sites from Martinson’s past. They search for the exact spot of the Divide County homestead Martinson proved up in 1907. “Survivor” (30 min.) was completed the year before Martinson's death on November 20, 1981. This last film in the Prairie Trilogy rings with optimism and humor. “Survivor” includes the memories, stories, and experiences, past and present, of an extraordinary man of the people. This program is part of the State Historical Society of North Dakota’s Sensational Sundays program. Sensational Sundays are free programs sponsored by the State Historical Society that include a variety of lectures, concerts, movies, and tours that provide engaging, educational, historic, and cultural information. The program is cosponsored by the North Dakota AFL-CIO and Dakota Resource Council. For more information contact Erik Holland, curator of education, at 701.328.2792. Find a calendar of upcoming State Historical Society events at history.nd.gov/events.