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Films

Past Films
From Executive Director Daniel Bielinski

In early Dakota Territory, a frontier couple struggles to keep their family and faith alive in a relentless war with nature. 

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An outlaw is rescued from death by a nun who is traveling through the Badlands. She nurses him back to health in exchange for him guiding her to a Church in Williston. A deep friendship develops between these two unlikely people as they learn to work together to survive their dangerous journey.

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When a family mysteriously disappears from the town of Schafer, North Dakota, suspicion lands on a sociopathic farm-hand, and the entire community rises up to take justice into its own hands. Based on the true story of the infamous Charles Bannon case of 1931.

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In March 1920, three children become lost in a white-out blizzard. For the next 25 hours, they must fight to survive while their father leads a desperate hunt to find them before it is too late.

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In 1883 Dakota Territory, the Marquis de Mores and wife Medora arrive to build a home, town, and meat empire, facing hostility from ranchers, beef trusts, and violent locals determined to drive them out.

Future Films

The Following Films are in development at Grain of Wheat Productions

A scrawny, four-eyed aristocrat named Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Dakota Territory in 1883 to escape the pain and heartache after the deaths of his mother and his wife. It was in the Dakota Badlands that the future president grew from boy to man.

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10 Years before Jackie Robinson, a pudgy car salesman named Neil Churchill, from Bismarck, North Dakota, established the first integrated baseball team, putting together a team of all-time baseball greats, including the legendary Satchel Paige.

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When a brilliant detective goes undercover as a bootlegger in crime-ridden 1920s Minot, ND, he finds himself questioning whether he is fighting on the right side.

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On the brink of starvation, the native peoples of Minnesota rise up against Union Soldiers in 1862. After initial victories, the Natives are repelled and driven across Dakota Territory until a final battle, which was to become the largest mass execution in American history.

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Through the eyes of a tireless midwife, the life and death struggles of early McKenzie
County settlers intertwine in a tale of courage, perseverance, and devotion to family.

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The extraordinary story of the Norwegian family coming to settle and make a new home in Dakota prairies in the late 1800’s. Endless challenges await in this new land, and the family is tested beyond the limits of human endurance. Based on the celebrated novel by Ole Rolvaag.

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The riveting story of General Custer's adventures in Dakota Territory and his fateful march to Little Bighorn.

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Long Hair

The story of Lewis and Clark’s fateful encounter with the 16 year-old, pregnant Shoshone woman destined to save their lives and bring about the success of their incredible voyage.

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Sakakawea

The extraordinary true story of great Lakota chief Sitting Bull’s battles to preserve his people and their way of life. 

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Sitting Bull

In the midst of the North Dakota oil boom of the early 2000’s, a multi-generational family struggles to continue their way of life in the midst of great change.

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The Boom

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