This is the final installment in the Ima Plume trilogy The films character Ima Plume pronounced EEMA PLOOM is a chalktalk specialist or public illustrator who draws before small audiences Her chalk talks are represented in the hand drawn animation segments An homage to film noir it explores Ima Plumes investigation of her own death Ima Public Illustrator grapples with trying to express things that might not be seen or drawn including spirits electronic voice phenomena and studies of animal locomotion The film combines chalk and drawn animation puppetry and live action It is both fiction and documentary Inspiration for the content and style is taken from pioneers of film vaudeville photography and spiritualism