The Snowshoers (1958)

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.

Released Feb. 1, 1958 15 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.competition, tmdb.quebec, tmdb.winter-games, tmdb.winter-activities, tmdb.short-film, mdblist.imdb-short, mdblist.one-actor + 8 more, imdb.snowshoe, imdb.accordion, imdb.parade, imdb.competition, imdb.direct-cinema, imdb.quebec, imdb.race, imdb.snow