Possum Trot: The Life and Work of Calvin Black, 1903-1972
Possum Trot: The Life and Work of Calvin Black, 1903-1972
1977, English. Directed by Allie Light & Irving Saraf.
Calvin Black was a folk artist who lived in California's Mojave Desert and created more than 80 life-size female dolls, each with its own personality, function, and costume. He also built the "Bird Cage Theater," where the dolls perform and sing in voices recorded by the artist. The film works on two levels. One is the documentation of the artist's legacy and commentary on women: grotesque female figures moving in the desert wind and the theater with its frozen "actresses," protected by his widow from a world she views as hostile. The other is the re-creation of the artist's vision through the magic of film, as the camera enables the dolls to move and sing and brings theater to life as the artist imagined it.
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Possum Trot: The Life and Work of Calvin Black, 1903-1972 isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1977. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Possum Trot: The Life and Work of Calvin Black, 1903-1972?
Possum Trot: The Life and Work of Calvin Black, 1903-1972 (1977) was directed by Allie Light and Irving Saraf.