Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd vs Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation

Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.4/10 for Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation). Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 31m. Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Backlash: The Murder of George FloydKerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.4/10
Year20252025
Length1h 29m1h 31m
GenresCrime, DocumentaryDocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorKwabena OppongEbs Burnough
Main cast–Josh Brolin, Michael Imperioli, Matt Dillon, Natalie Merchant, W. Kamau Bell

Synopsis

Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd

Five years since the murder of George Floyd – the police killing that set America on fire with rage and sparked a wave of protests around the world, director Kwabena Oppong's film explores one of the most important and defining events in modern history. Featuring ground-breaking interviews with members of George Floyd’s family, the Minneapolis Police Chief who took the bold step of testifying against one of his own officers, Boris Johnson’s…

Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation

Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" finds new relevance as modern travelers and cultural figures like Josh Brolin, W. Kamau Bell and Natalie Merchant reveal how his quest for authentic experience resonates powerfully in our screen-saturated era — offering a lyrical meditation on what it means to truly experience the journey.

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