Les raquetteurs (1958)

Run Time: 0h15m | Release: 01 Jan 1958

Production Countries: Canada

5.6 / 1011 Vote Count

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.