The Snowshoers
Directed by Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx1958 15mDocumentary, Short
6.75.8
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. In French with English subtitles.
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The Snowshoers was released on February 1, 1958.
The Snowshoers was directed by Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx.
The Snowshoers has a runtime of 15m.
The Snowshoers was produced by Louis Portugais.
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. In French with English subtitles.
The key characters in The Snowshoers are Himself (uncredited) (Maurice Richard).
The Snowshoers is a Documentary, Short film.
The Snowshoers has an audience rating of 6.7 out of 10.