The Snowshoers

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

Studio

ONF | NFB

Released

1 February 1958

Genres

Documentary