CARL SANDBURG: ECHOES AND SILENCES (1982)

Not Rated
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
Documentary, Drama
March 2, 1982
English
1h 59m
United States
PBS
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.
Cast & Characters
John Cullum
Carl Sandburg
Frances Conroy
Mother / Lilian Steichen
Michael Higgins
Father / Hobo
Carl Sandburg
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Crew
Perry Miller Adato
Director
Paul Shyre
Writer
Michael Davis
Director of Photography
Perry Miller Adato
Producer
Jac Venza
Executive Producer