This crankie is is about the life of Hazel Dickens. This scene speaks about her powerful song Black Lung which spoke out against the mistreatment of coal miners, like her brother, who never left West Virginia.
* A crankie or moving panorama is an old fashioned form of visual performance, device. It is a hand cranked scroll in a box. The artwork is rolled around two posts, which is then pulled across the front, much like film in an old camera. This crankie combines papercuts and shadow puppetry.
