April 2025
Northern Lights - Camera d’Or-Winning Film Shot by Judy Irola, ASC Gets 4K Release
Photographed in stark black-and-white by Judy Irola, ASC and directed by John Hanson and Rob Nilsson, the indie feature Northern Lights (1978) — shot in extreme winter conditions in North Dakota — was a fictionalized account of the populist Nonpartisan League political movement of 1915, which empowered local immigrant farmers against East Coast corporations. Amid this paroxysm of class tension, two young lovers find themselves swept up in the tide. The film, presented by Kino Lorber and restored in 4K by IndieCollect and Metropolis Post, will screen at Lincoln Center, with showings on May 23 and 24 followed by Q&As with Hanson and Nilsson. A national expansion to select cities will follow. Irola knew she had a lot to prove during the...more
