MacPherson (2013)

overview : This animated film by Martine Chartrand (Black Soul) recounts the friendship between a young Félix Leclerc and Frank Randolph Macpherson, a Jamaican chemical engineer and university graduate who worked for a pulp and paper company. An inveterate jazz fan, Macpherson inspired Leclerc, who wrote a song about the log drives and entitled it “MacPherson” in honour of his friend. Paint-on-glass animation shot with a 35mm camera.

Release Date : Nov 02, 2013

Runtime : 11m

Genre : Animation  History  Music  

Companies : ONF | NFB

Countries : Canada

Keywords : woman director