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Anna McGarrigle

Acting

Known For

Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
6.1

When the joker Tommy Tricker plays some practical jokes on some of his friends, his best friend Ralph, a stamp collector, discovers the secret of "stamp travel" to make him travel around the world on a stamp to bring back the mysterious Charles Merriweather, who never returned on a stamp for 75 years.

Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller

1988
The Return of Tommy Tricker
6.5

Welcome to the world of stamps with Tommy Tricker and friends as they learn the magic of travelling through time and space for the mere price of the postage. Though of course, nothing is as easy as it seems as they soon learn when they try to rescue Charles Merriweather, a stamp traveller frozen in time since his last attempt at stamp- travelling, 65 years ago. But Charles turns out to be a girl, his sister Molly! And she is rapidly turning into an old woman. To find a cure, Tommy takes off in a race against the time that leads him and Molly to the exotic and magical South Pacific islands.

The Return of Tommy Tricker

1994
Home at Last
6.0

Billy, a streetwise kid from New York City, is sent to Nebraska and is taken in by a Swedish farm family, the Andersons. Initially fearful and resentful, Billy doesn’t fit in, and he clashes with his new family and adoptive father (Frank Converse). Not until a terrible crisis occurs does Billy realize that, for the first time in his life, he truly belongs and is Home At Last.

Home at Last

1988
Blackfly
6.3

A young surveyer, new to Ontario, encounters the blackflies. Over and over again, he encounters those blackflies.

Blackfly

1991
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle
N/A

A Documentary feature film directed by Lian Lunson celebrating the late Kate McGarrigle.

Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle

2013
Kate and Anna McGarrigle
7.3

A short documentary about singers Kate and Anna McGarrigle made by animator Caroline Leaf.

Kate and Anna McGarrigle

1981
Before Tomorrow
7.8

Two isolated families meet for a summertime celebration. Food is abundant and the future seems bright, but Ningiuq, a wise old woman, sees her world as fragile and moves through it with a pervasive sense of dread. Ningiuq and her grandson Maniq are dropped off on a remote island, where, every year, the family dries the catch and stores it for winter. The task is soon finished. As summer turns to fall, they wait in vain for the others to pick them up.

Before Tomorrow

2008
The Harry Smith Project Live
N/A

Hal Willner's Harry Smith Project concerts in London, New York and Los Angeles celebrated the eccentric collector genius and his influential Anthology of American Folk Music. Instrumental in inspiring the urban folk revival of the 1960s, the Anthology's continuing impact on modern music is incalculable. Drawing on this legacy, these landmark shows brought together a remarkable roster of artists performing their own unique interpretations of these classic songs.

The Harry Smith Project Live

2006
A Not So Silent Night
N/A

Recorded in 2008, direct from the Knitting Factory stage in downtown Manhattan. This The McGarrigle Christmas Hour features Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson among others.

A Not So Silent Night

2008
Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz
6.8

A short illustrating Wade Hemsworth's folk song about a woman's admiration for the agility of her boyfriend, the log driver.

Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz

1979
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N/A

This live performance featuring Kate and Anna McGarrigle with their family and friends, captures the unique spirit of American song from Cole Porter to the Appalachians.

The McGarrigle Hour

1999
The Girl with the Red Beret
N/A

A girl takes a wild ride on the metro in Montreal. Travelling from station to station, she encounters an array of colourful characters in a bizarre musical journey that’s peppered with hilarious and unexpected incidents. This joyful, heartwarming animated film portrays Montreal in all its vitality, creativity and diversity, with plenty of humour and good cheer, to the tune of Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s timeless hit “Complainte pour Ste-Catherine.”

The Girl with the Red Beret

2023