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.
Genre:
Documentary
Year: 1958
Country:
Canada
Release:
Language:Français
Director:
Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx
Cast:
Maurice Richard
