Sprout Wings and Fly vs The Road Forward
The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 5.8/10 for Sprout Wings and Fly). Sprout Wings and Fly is the shorter watch at 30m compared with 1h 41m. Sprout Wings and Fly is the older of the two (1983 against 2017). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Sprout Wings and Fly
The Road Forward| Sprout Wings and Fly | The Road Forward | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.8/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 1983 | 2017 |
| Length | 30m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | United States of America | Canada |
| Director | Alice Gerrard, Cece Conway | Marie Clements |
| Main cast | Tommy Jarrell | Stephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George |
Synopsis
Sprout Wings and Fly
Set in the North Carolina Appalachians, Sprout Wings and Fly honors the fiddle playing of 82-year-old Tommy Jarrell of Toast, NC. Tommy was quirky, gregarious and generous, and this film shows him at his best, in fine fiddling form.
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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