NFB Collection
The Magic of Anansi
20016 min 51 secFilm: Animation, Children's film
Direction: Jamie Mason
Production: David VerrallIsobel MarksTamara Lynch
Script: Sugith Varughese
Anansi the spider is tired of being looked down on by all the jungle animals--just because his webs don't catch bugs. The fearsome Mr. Tiger promises to respect the little spider if he brings him Mr. Snake, the world's grumpiest creature. After much wily scheming and plotting, Anansi delivers a humiliated Mr. Snake to Mr. Tiger. Only then does he realize that Mr. Tiger's respect comes at too high a price. Anansi doesn't want to make anyone miserable, not even Mr. Snake. Anansi stands up to Mr. Tiger and, in the end, this is what wins him the respect of the other creatures.
The Magic of Anansi is part of the NFB's Talespinners collection. Created for children aged five to nine, Talespinners uses vibrant animation to bring popular stories from a wide range of cultural communities to the screen.
Availability
Other versions
Subject categories
- Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary WorksAnimation based on LiteratureChildren's StoriesLegends, Myths, and TalesWorld Literature
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Black CommunityCaribbean, Central and South American Origins
- Children and Youth > Children's Stories
- English Language Arts > Children's Stories/Fables
- Health/Personal Development > Identity
- Science > Life Systems/Ecology
Credits
- director
- Jamie Mason
- animator
- Luigi Allemano
- Jamie Mason
- narrator
- Winston Sutton
- consultant
- Sheldon Cohen
- animation production supervisor
- Marie Renaud
- digital imaging specialist
- Normand Gauthier
- lead infographist
- Itsik Romano
- infographist
- Randall Finnerty
- Dominic Tremblay
- Jon Gasco
- assistant infographist
- Michelle MacDonald
- Michel Provencher
- assistant animator
- Serene El-haj Daoud
- Shira Avni
- writer
- Sugith Varughese
- adaptation
- Mary Withers
- publisher
- Tutkam Books
- picture editing
- Phyllis Lewis
- sound editing
- Leopoldo Gutierrez
- Phyllis Lewis
- original music composer
- Luigi Allemano
- music recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- music recording - assistance
- Patrick Viegas
- re-recording
- Shelley Craig
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- post-production coordination
- Andrée Lachapelle
- Richard Lesage
- program administration
- Gisèle Guilbault
- Andrée Lachapelle
- executive producer
- David Verrall
- Isobel Marks
- producer
- Tamara Lynch
Awards
- Writer's Guild Top Ten Award - Category: Children / PreschoolWriters Guild of Canada
- Honorable Mention - Category: Children and Youth International Film and Video Festival
- Best Short Film AwardReel Black Awards