Joan Baez: I Am a Noise vs The Road Forward
The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.7/10 for Joan Baez: I Am a Noise). The Road Forward is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 53m. The Road Forward is the older of the two (2017 against 2023). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
The Road Forward| Joan Baez: I Am a Noise | The Road Forward | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 53m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Karen O'Connor, Maeve O'Boyle | Marie Clements |
| Main cast | Joan Baez, Mimi Fariña, Bob Dylan, David Harris | Stephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George |
Synopsis
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise
Since her debut at the age of 18, musician, civil rights campaigner and activist Joan Baez has been on stage for over 60 years. For the now 82-year-old, the personal has always been political, and her friendship with Martin Luther King and her pacifism have shaped her commitment. In this biography that opens with her farewell tour, Baez takes stock in an unsparing fashion and confronts sometimes painful memories.
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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