

The Snowshoers
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.
Year 1958
Studio ONF | NFB
Director Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx
Crew Michel Brault (Director), Gilles Groulx (Director), Norman Bigras (Music Editor), Michel Brault (Editor), Gilles Groulx (Editor), Stuart Baker (Sound Editor)
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Language Français