The Snowshoers 1958

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Documentary

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.

Homepage https://www.nfb.ca/film/raquetteurs_en/
Release Date 1958-01-01
Runtime 15m
Directors Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx, Louis Portugais, Gilles Groulx, Michel Brault
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