In Popular Culture
- Todd Rundgren wrote and performed a song called "Black Maria" on the album Something/Anything (1972).
- The lyrics to the song "Edison Museum" by They Might Be Giants include the line '"see the Black Maria revolving slowly on its platform."
- Edison's Black Maria studio is used in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's movie ¨Hitler: A Film from Germany¨ in which it appears as a décor for some scenes. It also appears contained in a glass paperweight filled with snow as a representation of the Grail.
- The Black Maria Film and Video Festival, established in 1981, is named after Edison's creation.
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