Song Of The Woman & the Butterfly Man

Ray Rice produced the 13-minute experimental film, “Song of the Woman and the Butterfly Man,” in 1975. The poem is read by the author, William Pitt Root. The hands in the film are by Mira Porter, Ray’s daughter.

More on the films here. The complete collection is archived in Special Collections at UC Santa Cruz. Complete information about this collection is in the Online Archive of California here.