The Snowshoers

The Snowshoers(1958)

02/01/1958 (US)Documentary0h 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.

Michel Brault

Director

Gilles Groulx

Director