The Snowshoers
- Release Date
- 1958-02-01
- Runtime
- 0h 15m
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- N/A
- Links
- IMDb
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.