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The Snowshoers

Film

The Snowshoers

5.6

0h 15m

1958

Synopsis

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

Gilles Groulx

Documentary

competitionquebecwinter gameswinter activitiesshort film

Cast & Crew

Maurice Richard

Maurice Richard

as Himself (uncredited)

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