Blackfly (film)

Blackfly is a 1991 Canadian animated short from Christopher Hinton, produced by the National Film Board of Canada and based on "The Black Fly Song" by Wade Hemsworth. It was nominated for an Academy Award and Genie Award for Best Animated Short.[1] The song is performed in the film by Hemsworth with back-up vocals from Kate & Anna McGarrigle.[2]

Blackfly
Directed byChristopher Hinton
Produced byWilliam Pettigrew
Music byWade Hemsworth
CinematographyRaymond Dumas
Pierre Landry
Lynda Pelley
Edited byChristopher Hinton
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
1991 (Canada)
Running time
5 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

Wade Hemsworth's popular song, written in 1949 while he was working in Northern Ontario, is used as the source material for this delightful cartoon from the NFB. A young man goes to work for a survey crew in what is now Little Abitibi Provincial Park and encounters blackflies everywhere he goes. Over and over again, he encounters those pesky little bloodsuckers. He even goes to the moon, only to be swarmed there as well. His only recourse is to leave the North, vowing never to return.[3]

Credits
  • The Blackfly Song Was Written In 1949 By Wade Hemsworth After Working In The North Woods Of Ontario, Canada.
  • Music Composed & Sung by: Wade Hemsworth
  • Music Arranged by: Kate McGarrigle and Anna McGarrigle
  • Musicians: Wade Hemsworth, Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle, Gilles Losier, Pat Donaldson, Dane Lankin, Peter Weldon
  • Direction & Animation: Christopher Hinton
  • Colour Rendering: Nathalie Savoie
  • Colour Rendering Assistants: Marie-Josee Carriere and Helga Schleeh
  • Camera: Jacques Avoine, Raymond Dumas, Pierre Landry, Lynda Pelley
  • Music Recording: Louis Hone
  • Foley Artist: Andy Malcolm
  • Music Editor: Julian Olson
  • Sound Editor: Jacqueline Newell
  • Re-recording: Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • Production Consultants: Wade Hemsworth and Peter Whalley
  • Unit Administrator: Carrol Smith
  • Producer: Bill Pettigrew
  • Executive Producers: Doug MacDonald and Barrie Angus McLean
  • Dolby Stereo® In Selected Theaters
  • Dolby Surround™ Stereo On Videocassette
  • Produced by: The National Film Board Of Canada © 1991
  • Canada®

References
  1. Brownstein, Bill (March 7, 1992). "Montreal Animators Awaiting Night with Oscar". The Gazette.
  2. "Blackfly". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  3. Lenburg, Jeff (2006). Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators. New York: Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. p. 141. ISBN 978 1 55783 671 7.


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