Searching for Sugar Man vs The Road Forward
The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.9/10 for Searching for Sugar Man). Searching for Sugar Man is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 41m. Searching for Sugar Man is the older of the two (2012 against 2017). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Searching for Sugar Man
The Road Forward| Searching for Sugar Man | The Road Forward | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 25m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Malik Bendjelloul | Marie Clements |
| Main cast | Stephen Segerman, Rodriguez, Regan Rodriguez, Eva Rodriguez, Mike Theodore | Stephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George |
Synopsis
Searching for Sugar Man
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.
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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