Nelson Cavaquinho vs The Road Forward
The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 8.8/10 for Nelson Cavaquinho). Nelson Cavaquinho is the shorter watch at 15m compared with 1h 41m. Nelson Cavaquinho is the older of the two (1969 against 2017). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Nelson Cavaquinho
The Road Forward| Nelson Cavaquinho | The Road Forward | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 1969 | 2017 |
| Length | 15m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | Brazil | Canada |
| Director | Leon Hirszman | Marie Clements |
| Main cast | Nelson Cavaquinho | Stephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George |
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 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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