Riverdance: The Show vs The Road Forward

The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 8/10 for Riverdance: The Show). Riverdance: The Show is the shorter watch at 1h 11m compared with 1h 41m. Riverdance: The Show is the older of the two (1995 against 2017). Both are music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Riverdance: The Show posterRiverdance: The Show1995 VS The Road Forward posterThe Road Forward2017
Riverdance: The ShowThe Road Forward
Audience score★ 8.0/10★ 9.0/10
Year19952017
Length1h 11m1h 41m
GenresMusicDocumentary, Music
Country–Canada
DirectorJohn McColganMarie Clements
Main castMichael Flatley, Jean ButlerStephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George

Synopsis

Riverdance: The Show

Riverdance--The Show is a cultural phenomenon that defies criticism for the enthusiastic and leaves everyone else scratching their heads. The wonderfully talented cast, headed by the Riverdance Irish Dance Company, bewitchingly spins (and stomps) its Celtic folk choreography featuring numerous breathless solos by Michael Flatley (since departed) and Jean Butler. The mellifluous Riverdance Orchestra boasts Davy Spillane, who coaxes plaintive…

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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