The Snowshoers

Feb 1, 1958

0h 15m

★ 5.6

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

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Cast

Himself (uncredited)

Maurice Richard

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