Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

John Cullum

Carl Sandburg

Age : N/A | Popularity : 54%

Frances Conroy

Mother / Lilian Steichen

Age : N/A | Popularity : 78%

Michael Higgins

Father / Hobo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 26%

Peter Michael Goetz

Age : N/A | Popularity : 17%

Carl Sandburg

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 16%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Jac Venza
	Producer	Perry Miller Adato
	Associate Producer	Megan Marks
Editing	Editor	Sara Fishko
Writing	Writer	Paul Shyre
Camera	Director of Photography	Michael Davis
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Deborah Kiser
Sound	Music	Scott Kuney
Directing	Director	Perry Miller Adato
Crew	Poem	Carl Sandburg
Department	Role	Name

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