

A frolicking sci-fi adventure, a decade in the making.
A pioneer family face strange visitors on a remote planet —
a film of romance, robots, and the will to survive.
See it now! — The full-length Space Prairie: Act I debuted in East Peoria, IL on April 28th, 2023 and is now viewable anywhere in the world through YouTube. You can enjoy the film by streaming it here and in the virtual event, Three Films by Filmmakers of the Heartland.
Three Films by Filmmakers of the Heartland
Three distinctly Midwestern films stream on this page, virtually representing the event held on April 28th, 2023. Three Peoria-based filmmakers of central Illinois showed their original films in one night to a heartland audience at Illinois Central College in East Peoria, IL — now streaming as a virtual event.

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Media interviews:
- Peoria Journal Star article.
- A chat with morning show host, Greg Batton, on 1470 WMBD radio in Peoria, IL.
- A chat with local legend, Roger Monroe, on Breakfast with Roger & Friends on WAZU radio in Peoria, IL.
- A chat with Dr. Sonia Lott on the Artist First Radio Network.
Trailers

Space Prairie:
Act I
Synopsis— A traveling taxman lands on a prairie world colonized by a cantankerous pioneer farmer. They quarrel over money matters until their affections for the Angus family daughter leads to a brawl. Meanwhile, two heavy-hearted settlers sight a troubling anomaly in the starry skies above their prairie home.
Filmed on dozens of video cassettes, Space Prairie was authored in April of 2013 and filmed predominately in the summer of 2015 by an ensemble of high schoolers in the Midwest — fifty days of principal photography followed by a gargantuan post-production.
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Act I Poster
Teaser Trailer
Theatrical Trailer
“The horse and buggy once propelled man to new horizons.
—Space Prairie opening title
Now, light speed and the rocket aids his flight.”

“She needs a little bit of Earth out here in the middle of this space prairie.”
—Marion Angus
