In Quebec during the early 1930s, poet Félix Leclerc befriended Frank Randolph Macpherson, a Jamaican-born chemical engineer. An inveterate jazz fan, he inspired Leclerc to write a song about the log drives; the poet entitled it МacPhersonin honour of his friend. Somewhere between documentary and fiction, the film, based on the famous song, depicts turning points in Canadian history as well as the friend's deep bonds.