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The Snowshoers(Movie, 1958)

Original title: "Les raquetteurs" (French/FR)
15min | Genre: Documentary
The SnowshoersRating: 2.8/5 (with 66 votes)
Les raquetteurs is a 1958 Direct Cinema documentary film co-directed by Michel Brault and Gilles Groulx. The film explores life in rural Quebec, at a convention of snowshoers in Sherbrooke, Quebec in February 1958. The film is notable for helping to establish the then-nascent French language production unit at the National Film Board of Canada, and more importantly, the development of a uniquely Quebec style of direct cinema. The film incorporates agile camera work and a largely synchronous soundtrack, uninterrupted by any narration, in keeping with the ethos of direct cinema to avoid any imposed "truth" on events onscreen. ()
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About The Snowshoers

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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Production country: Canada
Plays in: Quebec
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: French (FR)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/01/1958
Producer: Louis Portugais
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Les Raquetteurs"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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