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AninventivefeaturedocumentarycapturingthevividlifeofBillTraylor,whoinhislate80s,livinghomelessonthestreetinthethrivingsegregatedblackneighborhoodofMontgomery,producedabodyofextraordinaryart.Bornintoslaveryin1853onacottonplantationinruralAlabama,Traylorwitnessedprofoundsocialandpoliticalchangeduringhislifespanningslavery,Reconstruction,JimCrowsegregation,andtheGreatMigration.Inhislateryears,Traylorpouredoutthosememoriesfromwithin,drawingandpaintingover1,000piecesofartfrom1939-42.Usinghistoricandculturalcontext,thefilmisdesignedtobringthespiritandmysteryofTraylor'sincomparablearttolife.ThetranscendentsurpriseiswhileTraylorkepttohimselfleadinganunassuminglife,hewasnurturingaremarkablecreativegiftthatwouldnotbeexpressedfordecades.Tapdance,evocativeperiodandoriginalmusic,anddramaticreadingsareusedinsurprisingwaysinthefilm,balancedwithinsightfulperspectivesfromTraylorfamilymembersandexpertinterviews.Traylordevisedhisownvisuallanguagetorecordthestoriesofhislife,translatinganoralcultureintosomethingunique,powerful,andculturallyrooted.Thefilmreflectsatumultuoustimeofaforgottenworldanditsmarginalizedpeople,stillreverberatingtoday.AnewlynchingmemorialandLegacyMuseumrecentlyopenedinMontgomeryjustblocksfromwhereBillTraylorusedtositandwork.BillTraylor:ChasingGhostsexploresthelifeofauniqueAmericanartist,amanwitharemarkableandunlikelybiography.Thefilmisacompellinghumannarrativethatgivesvoicetoamanwhoenduresalonglifeofextremehardshipsduringaneraoflegalizedracialindignities,tobecomeoneofAmerica'smostprominentartists,exhibitedinmuseumsandcollectionsworldwide.
