Finding Macpherson
Finding Macpherson | |
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French | Le mystère Macpherson |
Directed by | Serge Giguère |
Written by | Serge Giguère |
Produced by | Nicole Hubert Colette Loumède |
Starring | Martine Chartrand |
Cinematography | Serge Giguère |
Edited by | Annie Jean |
Music by | Bertrand Chénier |
Production company | Production du Rapide Blanc |
Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
Finding Macpherson (French: Le mystère Macpherson) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Serge Giguère and released in 2014.[1] The film centres on animator Martine Chartrand's complex eight-year process of making her 2011 short film , including her research into the life of Frank Randolph MacPherson, the Jamaican immigrant to Canada who had inspired Félix Leclerc's song "Macpherson".[1]
The film won the Prix Jutra for Best Documentary Film at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Brendan Kelly, "A voyage of discovery offers surprisingly keen film; Le mystere Macpherson is a remarkable chronicle of filmmaker's epic journey". Montreal Gazette, September 26, 2014.
- ^ Manon Toupin, "Un Jutra pour Serge Giguère". La Nouvelle Union, March 16, 2015.
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Categories:
- 2014 films
- French-language films
- 2014 documentary films
- Canadian films
- Canadian documentary films
- Quebec films
- National Film Board of Canada documentaries
- Documentary films about women in film
- Documentary films about Black Canadians
- 2010s Canadian film stubs