Rock the Boat (1944)

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 forward movement of a canoe along rivers and lakes. This film appears in Chants populaires no. 5 and in Chants populaires no. 6.

Released

1944-12-31

Genres

Music, Animation

Runtime

4 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Norman McLaren

TMDB rating

5.7/10 from 23 votes