(MacPherson)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Canada

Genres:

Animation,

History,

Music

Runtime:

11 minutes

Year:

2013

Directors:

Martine Chartrand

Production companies:

ONF | NFB

Actors:

Crews:

Director