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The Snowshoers
The Snowshoers
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THE SNOWSHOERS

Les raquetteurs

Directed by Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx
Canada, 1958
Short, Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.