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195815 minPGdocumentary

5.7/ 10(14 ratings)• TMDB

The Snowshoers

195815 minPGdocumentary

5.7/ 10(14 ratings)• TMDB

Experience the vibrant rituals of a snowshoe competition in 1950s Quebec.

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Experience the vibrant rituals of a snowshoe competition in 1950s Quebec.

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Gilles Groulx

Gilles Groulxdirector

Michel Brault

Michel Braultdirector

Maurice Richard

Maurice Richardcast

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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.

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