C'EST L'AVIRON

Directed by Norman McLaren · 1944

A French-Canadian folk song comes to life as white-on-black drawings zoom ever forward, like a canoe gliding over rivers and lakes.

A tiny, mesmerising 1944 experiment from animation pioneer Norman McLaren set to a classic paddling song.

One of a series of French-Canadian folk songs, this film was illustrated by Norman McLaren for the Chants populaires series. White gouache drawings on black cards were photographed with overlapping 'zooms' to suggest the

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