The Snowshoers
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
Cast
Maurice Richard
Himself (uncredited)
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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Feb 1, 1958
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Studios
- ONF | NFB
- Director
- Michel Brault