CARL SANDBURG: ECHOES AND SILENCES (1982)

Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences
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

Michael Davis

Director of Photography

Jac Venza

Executive Producer