Possum Living

Documentary on Dolly and Frank Freed, who by choice subsist on a limited income in suburban Philadelphia. Examines their attitudes about self-sufficiency and shows the father-daughter team tending their rabbits and chickens, fishing in a local river, and working in the vegetable garden., Shows 20-year old Dolly Freed and her father, who have maintained a middle-class standard of living on less than 2000 dollars a year.
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, Subsisting on their rabbits, chicken's eggs, garden vegetables and wheat bought at the local feed store, Dolly and Frank Freed pursue an independent, self-sufficient existence described by Dolly in her book, Possum Living. Filmmaker Schreiber visits the father-daughter family in suburban Philadelphia and investigates the daily routine that blends work and leisure activity.
, Shows 20-year old Dolly Freed and her father, who have maintained a middle-class standard of living on less than 2000 dollars a year. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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