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Oscar Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre

“I play what I feel.” An animated Canadian documentary about Oscar Peterson (1925–2007), one of the giants of jazz.

Oscar

Animated Film
Canada
2016
12 minutes
Subtitles: 
No

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Producer
Marc Bertrand, Jocelyne Perrier, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Director
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Editor
Oana Suteu Khintirian
Animation
Ehsan Gharib, Brigitte Archambault
Sound
Olivier Calvert
“I play what I feel.” An animated Canadian documentary about Oscar Peterson (1925–2007), one of the giants of jazz. Combined with historical interviews, atmospheric drawings show the highs and lows of his biography. His little “Hymn to Freedom” contains the essence of a whole life in a nutshell.

Ralph Eue