Possum O’Possum (1981) A film about possums and the most prestigious organization in the world today, the Possum Growers and Breeders Association. [00:27:40]

1 points post-explainer

The OP has provided the following Submission Statement for their post:

A lost, very amusing and very revealing documentary from an Alabamian filmmaker about Possums… you think you’re getting a pretty standard (still good) documentary of the time until an interview subject asks if the filmmakers are Arab. This reveals its truly weird streak, that the people behind the camera have something deeper in mind, and the people obsessed with this animal also do. Before you know it you get people discussing fine Possum cuisine, addiction to it, and even simmering it in battery acid (?). Needless to say, a must watch.

If you believe this Submission Statement is appropriate for the post, please upvote this comment; otherwise, downvote it.

parent
15 points Bentonite_Magma

Every single thing about this documentary is bizarre, from the extreme close ups of the interviewees to the odd seating choice one guy makes at 20m15s. You do get to see some great possums though.

parent

6 points UltraInstinctChomsky

It's such a wild curio. Would love to uncover other doc shorts lost to time..

parent root
6 points FormerKarmaKing

What is the least prestigious possum organization? Bc I want to see that too.

parent

3 points UltraInstinctChomsky

There should be competing docs, I agree

parent root
13 points Jaminbee

Basil Clark Sr. is my grandpa, talked his way into the Soviet embassy during the height of the Cold War in an attempt to trade a possum for a panda.

parent

4 points UltraInstinctChomsky

That is one committed man!

parent root
4 points loftybillows

Obligatory it's a Virginia Opossum, not an Australian marsupial. . .

parent

1 points UltraInstinctChomsky

WE should contact these people!

parent root

1 points Pakyul

The Australian possum is named after the American possum. Nobody says the O so it got dropped in the exchange.

parent root
2 points Jonathank92

Love possums.

parent

1 points UltraInstinctChomsky

Hate to meet the man who don't...

parent root
2 points JustTerrific

Well this just an absolute treasure

parent

3 points UltraInstinctChomsky

I ain't lyin!

parent root
2 points klone_free

Wow so many great lines in this. Thanks for sharing!

parent
3 points imcguyver

Freaking hilarious. Didn’t see this one coming: a conspiracy theory that “Arabs” are buying up land in the US to control the possums.

parent

1 points UltraInstinctChomsky

It's insane!

parent root