The Snowshoers (1958)

This short documentary records the celebration and ritual surrounding a snowshoe competition in Sherbrooke in the late 1950s. The film marked the beginning of a new approach to reality in documentary and prefigures the trademark style of the NFB's newly formed French Unit. Today, "Les raquetteurs" is considered a precursor to the birth of direct cinema.

Released

1958-02-01

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

15 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx

TMDB rating

5.7/10 from 14 votes