The Frontier Experience (1975)
The Westward movement — and a woman's perspective of that movement — emerges in the dramatic story of Delilah Fowler's first year on the Kansas frontier in 1869. Based on diaries of the period, the program reveals the cruel violence, and even crueler loneliness, which early settlers encountered — but above all, it shows the quiet courage of those who lived it.
Director: Barbara Loden
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Barbara Loden as Delilah Fowler |
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Roger Hoffman as George Fowler |
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Tim Petty as Eugene |
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Sharon O'Donnell as Caroline |
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Kelly Heft as Alice |
| Sound | Seth Schneidman | Sound |
| Sound | John Duffy | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Joan Micklin Silver | Writer |
| Production | Barbara Loden | Producer |
| Directing | Barbara Loden | Director |
| Camera | Nicholas T. Proferes | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Nicholas T. Proferes | Editor |