Movie

The Snowshoers

Les raquetteurs

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.

Director

Michel Brault

Director

Gilles Groulx

Status

Released

Release date

01/02/1958

Original language

French