Last Shop Standing vs The Road Forward

The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.1/10 for Last Shop Standing). Last Shop Standing is the shorter watch at 50m compared with 1h 41m. Last Shop Standing is the older of the two (2012 against 2017). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Last Shop Standing posterLast Shop Standing2012 VS The Road Forward posterThe Road Forward2017
Last Shop StandingThe Road Forward
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 9.0/10
Year20122017
Length50m1h 41m
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary, Music
Country–Canada
DirectorPip PiperMarie Clements
Main castClint Boon, Fatboy Slim, Johnny Marr, Richard Hawley, Jo GoodStephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George

Synopsis

Last Shop Standing

Last Shop Standing, inspired by the book of the same name by Graham Jones, takes you behind the counter to discover why nearly 2000 record shops have already disappeared across the UK. The film charts the rapid rise of record shops in the 1960's, 70's and 80's, the influence of the chart, the underhand deals, the demise of vinyl and rise of the CD as well as new technologies. Where did it all go wrong? Why were 3 shops a week closing? Will we…

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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