Blackfly

1991
5m

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A young surveyor, new to northern Ontario, encounters the black flies. Over and over again, he encounters those black flies.A young surveyor, new to northern Ontario, encounters the black flies. Over and over again, he encounters those black flies.A young surveyor, new to northern Ontario, encounters the black flies. Over and over again, he encounters those black flies.

Director
- Christopher Hinton
Star
- Wade Hemsworth

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6.5/10

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Director
- Christopher Hinton
Star
- Wade Hemsworth

5User reviews

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 nominations total

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Trivia
This 1991 cartoon from the National Film Board of Canada is based on a popular 1949 Canadian folk song, "The Blackfly Song," by Wade Hemsworth. Hemsworth himself prepared and performed a special version of the song tailored for this cartoon.

Crazy credits
The NFB logo scratches itself and swats at a fly.

Alternate versions
Being from the National Film Board of Canada, there was also a French language version.

Connections
Edited into The National Film Board of Canada's Animation Festival (1991)

Soundtracks
The Blackfly Song
(uncredited)
Written by Wade Hemsworth
Performed by Wade Hemsworth

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Featured review

10/10

Not exactly a tourism brochure!

I saw the french version of this short animated film from the National Film Board of Canada. It's called "Mouches noires". The song by Wade Hemsworth is translated and adapted by Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Marcel Aymar sings it.

It's a fabulous short animated (5 minutes and 6 seconds) about a group of surveyors working in Northern Ontario. All day long, they have to deal with the blackflies. Being myself from Northern Ontario, I found it funny how Christopher Hinton puts it! And yes, there's a lot of blackflies, I can testify about it! Just like the song says: "A square dance of blackflies in the beard and the hair"! If you can see this one, don't miss it.

The English version is equally good with the great song from Wade Hemsworth.

Seen the French version at home, in Toronto, on December 2nd, 2002. As for the English version, I've seen it in Sudbury (Northern Ontario!) on December 31st, 2002. And again at the Médiathèque of the National Film Board, in Toronto, on December 17th, 2004.

91/100 (****)