Nelson Cavaquinho vs The Ballad of Crowfoot
Nelson Cavaquinho has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.8/10 for The Ballad of Crowfoot). The Ballad of Crowfoot is the shorter watch at 10m compared with 15m. The Ballad of Crowfoot is the older of the two (1968 against 1969). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Nelson Cavaquinho
The Ballad of Crowfoot| Nelson Cavaquinho | The Ballad of Crowfoot | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 1969 | 1968 |
| Length | 15m | 10m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | Brazil | – |
| Director | Leon Hirszman | Willie Dunn |
| Main cast | Nelson Cavaquinho | – |
Synopsis
Nelson Cavaquinho
A short film of lovely poetic, observational elements and interviews with the famed samba singer/songwriter Nelson Antônio da Silva, whose adopted last name ‘Cavaquinho’ refers to the small guitar-like instrument that he played and used to compose his songs.
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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