The Snowshoers (1958)

Name: The Snowshoers
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1958-01-01
Duration: 15 min
Cast: Maurice Richard

French 15m

Documentary

Directed by Michel Brault Starring Maurice Richard

Release Date 01 Jan 1958

About The Snowshoers Movie

Released in 1958, The Snowshoers is a Documentary Movie in French. Direction is by Michel Brault. Key performances come from Maurice Richard. 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.