Pavements vs The Road Forward
The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7/10 for Pavements). The Road Forward is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 8m. The Road Forward is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Pavements
The Road Forward| Pavements | The Road Forward | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Alex Ross Perry | Marie Clements |
| Main cast | Joe Keery, Jason Schwartzman, Michael Esper, Fred Hechinger, Nat Wolff | Stephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George |
Synopsis
Pavements
'90s indie-rock band Pavement reunites for their sold-out 2022 tour. But as preparations get underway, surreal tributes emerge: an off-Broadway musical adaptation of their songs, a museum devoted entirely to the band’s legacy, and a shamelessly awards-baiting Hollywood biopic.
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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