Lagniappe vs The Road Forward
The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 4.2/10 for Lagniappe). Lagniappe is the shorter watch at 25m compared with 1h 41m. Lagniappe is the older of the two (2006 against 2017). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lagniappe
The Road Forward| Lagniappe | The Road Forward | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 4.2/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2017 |
| Length | 25m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | United States of America | Canada |
| Director | Les Blank, Maureen Gosling | Marie Clements |
| Main cast | Professor Longhair | Stephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George |
Synopsis
Lagniappe
A film created by Les Blank and Maureen Gosling from footage that was cut from the documentary "Always for Pleasure" (1978) about Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
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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