Janis Ian: Breaking Silence vs The Road Forward
The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 5.3/10 for Janis Ian: Breaking Silence). The Road Forward is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
The Road Forward| Janis Ian: Breaking Silence | The Road Forward | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.3/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2017 |
| Length | – | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Documentary, History, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Varda Bar-Kar | Marie Clements |
| Main cast | Jean Smart, Lily Tomlin, Laurie Metcalf, Joan Baez, Janis Ian | Stephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George |
Synopsis
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence
In 1965, Janis Ian, a 14-year-old singer-songwriter from New Jersey, wrote “Society’s Child” about an interracial relationship. Recorded and released a year later, the song launched Ian's career, but its subject matter ignited controversy, even resulting in death threats. The fallout plunged Ian into an emotional tailspin–and yet a few years later she emerged from the ashes with an even bigger hit, “At Seventeen.” Over six decades, Janis Ian…
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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