Animated documentaries are a new wave of an older art form combining elements of a life, a lifetime career, a unique art, and a quick sharp look at what holds it all together in a new age technological mix. Terri Dentry talked at length with Marie-Josee Saint-Pierre about her latest animated film, which showcases the life of a master of animation: Norman McLaren.

The short animated documentary, McLaren’s Negatives by Montreal based filmmaker and animator, Marie-Josee Saint-Pierre, musters some of the latest technology to bring to life the words, images and works of one of animation’s true pioneers, Norman McLaren (1914– 1987). In the process of channeling McLaren, she neatly bookends the beginning of one of our newest artforms with current day filmmaking practice, but reminds us that the essential ingredients remain a creative soul and a good idea.