Finding Macpherson
FrenchLe mystère Macpherson
Directed bySerge Giguère
Written bySerge Giguère
Produced byNicole Hubert
Colette Loumède
StarringMartine Chartrand
CinematographySerge Giguère
Edited byAnnie Jean
Music byBertrand Chénier
Production
company
Production du Rapide Blanc
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • March 24, 2014 (2014-03-24)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

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 Macpherson, 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

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. Manon Toupin, "Un Jutra pour Serge Giguère". La Nouvelle Union, March 16, 2015.


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