The Snowshoers
Movie| Title | Les raquetteurs |
| User score | 5.6 |
| Release date | Jan 1, 1958 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Michel Brault , Gilles Groulx |
| Production country | Canada |
| Production companies | ONF | NFB |
| Run time | 15 min. |
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.
