Finding Macpherson (2014)

Original title

Le Mystère de Macpherson

Directed by

Serge Giguère

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 17m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows animator Martine Chartrand over eight years as she makes the short film Macpherson. It shows her research into the real Jamaican immigrant who inspired a famous song.

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What happens

Finding Macpherson (French: Le mystère Macpherson) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Serge Giguère and released in 2014. The film centres on animator Martine Chartrand's complex eight-year process of making her 2011 short film Macpherson, including her research into the life of Frank Randolph MacPherson, the Jamaican immigrant to Canada who had inspired Félix Leclerc's song "Macpherson". The film won the Prix Jutra for Best Documentary Film at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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