Directed by Rob Nilsson and John Hanson • 1980 • United States

A strikingly shot work of documentary as historical corrective, John Hanson and Rob Nilsson’s PRAIRIE TRILOGY chronicles the story of early North Dakota socialists through a portrait of Henry Martinson, a ninety-seven-year-old ex-organizer and poet. SURVIVOR, finished the year before Martinson’s death, focuses on the biography of its subject, here found in a funny and expansive mood.