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The Snowshoers

Documentary

5.6

Release Date

January 1, 1958

Duration

15 min

Status

Released

Language

fr

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.

Casts

Maurice Richard

Himself (uncredited)

Maurice Richard

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