Calvin Black (1903-1972) was a folk artist who lived in California’s Mojave Desert.
He created more than 80 life-size female dolls, each with its own personality, function, and costume.
He built the “Bird Cage Theater,” where the dolls perform and sing in voices recorded by the artist.
‘Possum Trot’ is a documentary of the artist’s legacy and commentary on women: grotesque female figures moving in the desert wind. The theater with its frozen “actresses” is protected by his widow from a world she views as hostile.
On another level, the film becomes the realisation of the artist’s vision as the camera enables the dolls to move and sing and brings the theater to life as the artist imagined it.
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