McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass vs The Ballad of Crowfoot
McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.8/10 for The Ballad of Crowfoot). The Ballad of Crowfoot is the shorter watch at 10m compared with 1h 30m. The Ballad of Crowfoot is the older of the two (1968 against 2026). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass
The Ballad of Crowfoot| McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass | The Ballad of Crowfoot | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 1968 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 10m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Arthur Cary | Willie Dunn |
| Main cast | Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Mike McGear, Klaus Voormann | – |
Synopsis
McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass
For over fifty years, the disappearance of Paul McCartney’s original Höfner bass has been one of rock ‘n’ roll’s enduring mysteries. The Hunt for the Lost Bass tells the extraordinary story of this iconic instrument, and the fan powered quest to find it.
The Ballad of Crowfoot
Released in 1968 and often referred to as Canada’s first music video, The Ballad of Crowfoot was directed by Willie Dunn, a Mi’kmaq/Scottish folk singer and activist who was part of the historic Indian Film Crew, the first all-Indigenous production unit at the NFB. The film is a powerful look at colonial betrayals, told through a striking montage of archival images and a ballad composed by Dunn himself about the legendary 19th-century Siksika…
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