How Autism Shapes Gregory Blackstock’s Art | PBS Short Docs
"Outsider artists" are those who live outside the "norm," but Gregory Blackstock's story is as much about an artist who is self-taught as it is about an artist who creates art to please himself. Through rich animation, this film showcases Gregory’s inner life and intricately detailed “list” drawings and shows how he uses his artwork to catalog and make sense of the world around him. Gregory’s cousin Dorothy Frisch ultimately helps bring his drawings to the attention of the art world, while the documentary brings his drawings to life through hand-crafted animation, bringing you deeper into the unique vision of this singular artist.
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Director
Drew Christie
Executive Producers
Sally Jo Fifer
Lois Vossen
Producer
Kalakala Animation
Animation
Ashley Eriksson
Dane Herforth
Gabe Adams
Drew Christie
Music and Sound Design
Spencer Thun
Interview Audio
Jennifer Wing
KNKX
Storyboards
Ashley Eriksson
Additional Sound mixing
Taryn Rosewater
Special Thanks
Nancy Leson
Independent Lens Short-Form for Voices Original Series Funding Provided By:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Acton Family Giving
Ford Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Wyncote Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
The Great World of Gregory Blackstock is a co-production of Kalakala Animation and Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation For Public Broadcasting (CPB)
This program was produced by Kalakala Animation, which is solely responsible for its content.
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