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Animation Celebration

A Chairy Tale

10m

Directed by Claude Jutra and Norman McLaren • 1957 • Canada

This 1957 experimental short, codirected by Claude Jutra and Norman McLaren, shows Jutra’s daring and original approach to filmmaking early on in his career.

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