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
Stars: Maurice Richard
Crew: Michel Brault (Director), Gilles Groulx (Director), Michel Brault (Editor), Gilles Groulx (Editor), Marcel Carrière (Sound), Stuart Baker (Sound Editor)
Country: Canada
Language: Français
Studio: ONF | NFB
Runtime: 15 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 1958
IMDb: 5.4
