Box of Rain vs The Road Forward
The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 5/10 for Box of Rain). Box of Rain is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 41m. The Road Forward is the older of the two (2017 against 2022). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Box of Rain
The Road Forward| Box of Rain | The Road Forward | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.0/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Lonnie Frazier | Marie Clements |
| Main cast | Elizabeth Abel-Talbott, Kelley L. Condon, Peter Conners | Stephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George |
Synopsis
Box of Rain
This film is an exploration of the Deadhead family, past and present, and the qualities that make it unique. We follow Lonnie as she reconnects with the women she traveled with in her youth, and makes new friends along the way. Through wide ranging interviews, she seeks to dispel the common stereotypes about Dead-heads and document the beauty of the community. We learn how the Grateful Dead touched the lives of so many people, the healing they…
The Road Forward
The Road Forward is an electrifying musical documentary that connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. Interviews and musical sequences describe how a tiny movement, the Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood, grew to become a successful voice for change across the country. Visually stunning, The Road Forward seamlessly…
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