American Harmony vs The Ballad of Crowfoot
American Harmony has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.8/10 for The Ballad of Crowfoot). The Ballad of Crowfoot is the shorter watch at 10m compared with 1h 26m. The Ballad of Crowfoot is the older of the two (1968 against 2009). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
American Harmony
The Ballad of Crowfoot| American Harmony | The Ballad of Crowfoot | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 1968 |
| Length | 1h 26m | 10m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | US | – |
| Director | Aengus James | Willie Dunn |
| Main cast | Greg Clancy, Patrick Claypool, Eric Dalbey, Tony DeRosa, Sean Devine | – |
Synopsis
American Harmony
Every year thousands compete in the world's greatest singing competition - that you've never heard of. AMERICAN HARMONY journeys deep into the ultra-obsessive, zany, and heartfelt world of competitive barbershop singing, where passion is equaled only by raw talent, and the reward is not fame or fortune, but simply victory. The film focuses on four quartets vying to win the International Championships of Barbershop Singing, in what turns out to…
The Ballad of Crowfoot
Released in 1968 and often referred to as Canada’s first music video, The Ballad of Crowfoot was directed by Willie Dunn, a Mi’kmaq/Scottish folk singer and activist who was part of the historic Indian Film Crew, the first all-Indigenous production unit at the NFB. The film is a powerful look at colonial betrayals, told through a striking montage of archival images and a ballad composed by Dunn himself about the legendary 19th-century Siksika…
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