"17 Miracles" features Utah handcart pioneers on film




The Cricket and Seagull Fireside Chat show

Summary: Most Latter-day Saints could tell you a fact or two about the handcart companies of 1856, but few could give you the names, the humorous incidents, the brutal facts, and especially the innumerable miracles which accompanied their every step. With the premier of "17 Miracles" only weeks away, film maker T.C. Christensen sat down with one of the actresses and a producer of the movie to share some of these stories, and why he ended up retelling a story which has been told many times before. That's this week on The Cricket and Seagull...