Trail of Hope: The Story of the Mormon Trail
Brief Synopsis
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Special examines the history of the Mormons and their search for religious freedom that took them on a trail to the Salt Lake Valley. Told through diary excerpts, photographs, re-creations of central events and scholarly observation. Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first emigrant arrivals
Cast & Crew
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Lee B Groberg
Director
Hal Holbrook
Host
Hal Holbrook
Narration
Harold Bloom
Interviewee
Stanley Kimball
Interviewee
Arthur King
Interviewee
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Religion
Release Date
1997
Production Company
Groberg Communications
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Special examines the history of the Mormons and their search for religious freedom that took them on a trail to the Salt Lake Valley. Told through diary excerpts, photographs, re-creations of central events and scholarly observation. Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first emigrant arrivals at Utah's Great Basin following an arduous 1,300-mile journey across the plains starting in the winter of 1846.
Director
Lee B Groberg
Director
Cast
Hal Holbrook
Host
Hal Holbrook
Narration
Harold Bloom
Interviewee
Stanley Kimball
Interviewee
Arthur King
Interviewee
Carol Madsen
Interviewee
William Hartley
Interviewee
Jacqueline Lewin
Interviewee
John Mack Faragher
Interviewee
Howard Lamar
Interviewee
Crew
Sam Cardon
Music
Lyndia Carter
Writer
T C Christiansen
Cinematographer
Dana Doggetts
Funding
Mark C Goodman
Cinematographer
Mark C Goodman
Editor
Lee B Groberg
Writer
Lee B Groberg
Producer
Keith Halls
Funding
Gordon Huston
Cinamatography
Merrill Jenson
Music
Elissa Johansmeier
Publicist (Pbs/Los Angeles)
Steve Lund
Funding
Russell Richins
Art Direction
Blake Rooney
Funding
Maggie St Claire
Writer
Heidi Swinton
Writer
Mark Taft
Cinamatography
Mckeen Worthen
Cinamatography
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Religion
Release Date
1997
Production Company
Groberg Communications
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
