Most Popular Maurice Blackburn Trailers
Total trailers found: 66
Metadata Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
This short experimental film from Peter Foldès hails from the very early days of computer animation.
High Arctic Trailer (1959)
01 January 1959
This film records the struggle for life within the Arctic Circle. It reveals flowers of startling beauty, whose entire life cycles last less than thirty days, and strange animals like the shaggy musk-ox, the shy lemming, and migrant water birds that survive in a land of vast deserts and almost perpetual cold.
The Hoarder Trailer (1969)
01 January 1969
A greedy little blue jay carries away whatever his beak can grasp. Berries, birds' eggs (nests and all), and even the sun in the sky go into his secret cache.
Huit témoins Trailer (1964)
01 January 1964
Filmed in 1964, this feature-length documentary by Jacques Godbout explores the world of delinquency through the stories of eight young people who have already committed offenses.
L'Homme aux oiseaux Trailer (1952)
01 January 1952
Staged in old Québec City, this film is about a rebel against the time-clock, whose hobby was snaring birds but whose dream was to escape the bonds of domesticity.
Lines: Vertical Trailer (1960)
01 January 1960
An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against a background of changing colors, in response to music specially composed for the films.
Percé on the Rocks Trailer (1964)
01 January 1964
This quirky little short by Gilles Carle was filmed on the pierced rock that stands near Quebec’s Gaspé peninsula.
Notes on a Triangle Trailer (1966)
01 January 1966
In this short animation film the triangle achieves the distinction of principal dancer in a geometric ballet.
The Lion and the Mouse Trailer (1976)
21 June 1976
This animated short by Evelyn Lambart is a visual adaptation of the famous Aesop fable "The Lion and the Mouse," in which a mouse proves to a lion that the weak and small may be of help to those much mightier than themselves.
Visit to a Foreign Country Trailer (1962)
31 March 1962
They come in high-powered convertibles, with cameras and curiosity, to look at French Canada and French-Canadians.
Take It All Trailer (1963)
09 August 1963
A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality.
The Joy of Winter Trailer (1962)
01 January 1962
How Canadians adjust to their long, snowbound season. Filmed with humour, 'The Joy of Winter' shows people making the best of what they cannot change.
Balablok Trailer (1973)
10 May 1973
Blocks and balls fight simply because they are different, until their battle reduces everyone to the same shape.
Wolfe and Montcalm Trailer (1957)
01 January 1957
Two generals prepare for battle at the Plains of Abraham.
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer Trailer (1963)
01 January 1963
This film profiles Canadian actor Christopher Plummer of the Shakespearean Theatre, Stratford, Ontario.
Normetal Trailer (1960)
01 January 1960
Filmed in the town of Normétal in northern Québec, this short documentary provides a first-hand introduction to life in a frontier mining community where all roads lead to the pithead.
La poulette grise Trailer (1947)
31 December 1947
An experimental short film of images and music made by Norman McLaren.
Fine Feathers Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
Two duelling birds get the urge to change their plumage. A blue jay wants to be decked out in the green of cedar, and a loon dons the burnished red of oak leaves, but neither bird foresees the consequences of vanity.
Tit-Coq Trailer (1953)
20 February 1953
After returning home from war, an ill-tempered young soldier must deal with his sweetheart having married another man.
A Phantasy Trailer (1952)
01 January 1952
An animated film drawn entirely in pastels. Various fantastical plant-like things "grow" from the ground, eventually launching five spheres.
Keep Your Mouth Shut Trailer (1944)
01 January 1944
This animated short from Norman McLaren features a human skull cautioning Canadians to “keep their mouths shut” in an effort to end gossiping during World War II.
Paradise Lost Trailer (1970)
20 June 1970
This short animation by artist and animator Evelyn Lambart offers a wordless plea for the right of all living creatures to a clean, unpolluted environment.
'E' Trailer (1981)
02 January 1981
A giant statue of the letter "E" arrives in the park. One man sees it as "B"; they are preparing to cart him off to the looney bin when a doctor arrives and determines the man needs glasses.
Fishing Partners Trailer (1945)
01 January 1945
How a scientist helped the fishermen in a Gaspe fishing village.
Children of Silence Trailer (1962)
01 January 1962
This film looks at the world of children with hearing loss and the importance of early diagnosis. With its straightforward, rigorous cinematic style and intimate approach to the subject, the film focuses on the human rather than the technical side of the problem of hearing impairment.
Alexis Tremblay: Habitant Trailer (1943)
01 January 1943
This short documentary illustrates rural French Canadian life in the early 1940s. The film follows Alexis Tremblay and his family through the busy autumn days as they bring in the harvest and help with bread baking and soap making.
Maurice Blackburn Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
The seventh thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren; this time with a focus on his collaborator Maurice Blackburn.
Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North Trailer (1964)
01 January 1964
Filmed on the great Mackenzie River, this short fiction film recreates the amazing voyage of the man who gave his name to it.
Geneviève Trailer (1964)
01 October 1964
Two teenage girls go to winter carnival in Quebec City for the first time. Their ambiguous, tentative relation with a young boy brings both of them the sweet intensity and disillusionment of first love.
The Living Stone Trailer (1958)
04 February 1958
The Living Stone is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by John Feeney about Inuit art. It shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture.
J.A. Martin Photographer Trailer (1977)
26 May 1977
At the turn of the century, Rose-Aimée, the hard working wife of photographer J.A. Martin, decides to leave her children with an aunt to go with him on his annual tour of the Québec countryside.
Washed Hands Trailer (1958)
01 January 1958
An efficiency expert is called in to downsize a trucking company and the employees fight to establish a union to save their jobs.
Le gros Bill Trailer (1949)
29 March 1949
A tiny Quebec community is thrown into an uproar when a tall young Texan named Bill arrives to claim a farm he has inherited.
Les filles c’est pas pareil Trailer (1973)
08 March 1973
In this feature-length documentary, six teenage girls, aged 14 to 16, agree to open up and have their private worlds invaded by the camera.
Before the Time Comes Trailer (1975)
11 April 1975
Hélène is a woman who already has, in her view, quite enough children. For some time she has secretly been taking birth control pills, but now she is too old to use them safely.
A Scream from Silence Trailer (1979)
14 September 1979
A director and an editor, both women, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the situation of womanhood in general, and the way the 'Justice' handle those cases of rape.
Windbreaks on the Prairies Trailer (1943)
02 January 1943
This short film serves as a cautionary tale to farmers who recklessly cut down trees on their land. When prairie farmers engaged in this practice to facilitate plowing, they discovered that the trees had served as windbreaks protecting top soil from erosion.
The Egg Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
The symbolic value of the egg throughout history is represented in this film in colourful animation without commentary.
Cordélia Trailer (1980)
07 February 1980
In a little village at the end of the 1890's, a young woman offends all the 'right-thinking' villagers by allowing men in her house in the absence of her husband.
Cesar's Bark Canoe Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
"This documentary depicts a canoe being built in the traditional manner. Cesar Newashish, a 67-year-old Attikamek of the Manawan Reserve North of Montréal, uses only birchbark, cedar splints, spruce roots, and gum.
Rock the Boat Trailer (1944)
31 December 1944
One of a series of French-Canadian folk songs, this film was illustrated by Norman McLaren for the Chants populaires series.
Narcissus Trailer (1983)
18 August 1983
In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a trapped existence.
The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan Trailer (1965)
01 August 1965
An atmospheric mood piece photographed in the winter at the giant dam built by Hydro Quebec in the northern wilds of the province.
Creative Process: Norman McLaren Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
Norman McLaren was a cinematic genius who made films without cameras, and music without instruments. He produced sixty films in a stunning range of styles and techniques, collecting over 200 international awards, and world recognition.
That Tender Age Trailer (1964)
19 August 1964
A film in four episodes presenting teenage girls chosen as representative of their country and our time, in Italy, France, Japan and Canada.
Mission of Fear Trailer (1965)
20 May 1965
A young Jesuit missionary reflects on his life and his faith while awaiting his execution at the hands of the Native Americans he came to convert.
Christmas Cracker Trailer (1963)
01 January 1963
Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells," stop-motion animation of toys come to life, and cel animation of a man who seeks the ideal star to top his Christmas tree.
Pas de Deux Trailer (1968)
01 October 1968
Two ballet dancers perform a dance enhanced with surreal after-image visuals.
They Called Us "Les Filles du Roy" Trailer (1974)
14 September 1974
The history of the roles of women in Quebec society, beginning with the women shipped from France to the New World by the King to populate the colony with the men already there, and ending with the modern career woman.
Passport to Canada Trailer (1949)
01 January 1949
In the 1940s thousands of immigrants are coming from Europe to Canada offering strength and skills in exchange for hope and a new life.
Je Trailer (1960)
01 December 1960
Pantomime evoking the history of movement in humans performed by Suzanne Rivest.
Dance Squared Trailer (1961)
01 January 1961
Squares and other geometric shapes appear to "dance" along to music through their ever-changing movements.
Les bacheliers de la cinquième Trailer (1962)
06 June 1962
The film follows two young men from the Côte-Nord in Quebec who fall on hard times due to an economic crisis raging in the region.
Blinkity Blank Trailer (1955)
25 April 1955
A playful exercise in intermittent animation and spasmodic imagery. Playing with the laws relating to persistence of vision and after-image on the retina of the eye, McLaren engraves pictures on blank film creating vivid, percussive effects.
Prince Edward Island Trailer (1943)
31 December 1943
A short documentary about a small province on the east coast of Canada.
Magic Molecule Trailer (1962)
01 January 1962
A film showing the new world created by the techniques and processes of the plastics industry. Transmuted from coal, oil or wood, synthetic substances can make thousands of new products, from silk threads to furniture.
Twirligig Trailer (1952)
01 January 1952
Early abstract 3d stereoscopic animation by Norman McLaren collaborator Gretta Ekman.
