The Ballad of Crowfoot vs We Are The Thousand

We Are The Thousand has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.8/10 for The Ballad of Crowfoot). The Ballad of Crowfoot is the shorter watch at 10m compared with 1h 20m. The Ballad of Crowfoot is the older of the two (1968 against 2020). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Ballad of Crowfoot posterThe Ballad of Crowfoot1968 VS We Are The Thousand posterWe Are The Thousand2020
The Ballad of CrowfootWe Are The Thousand
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 8.4/10
Year19682020
Length10m1h 20m
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary, Music
Country––
DirectorWillie DunnAnita Rivaroli
Main cast–Fabio Zaffagnini, Marco Sabiu

Synopsis

The Ballad of Crowfoot

Released in 1968 and often referred to as Canada’s first music video, The Ballad of Crowfoot was directed by Willie Dunn, a Mi’kmaq/Scottish folk singer and activist who was part of the historic Indian Film Crew, the first all-Indigenous production unit at the NFB. The film is a powerful look at colonial betrayals, told through a striking montage of archival images and a ballad composed by Dunn himself about the legendary 19th-century Siksika…

We Are The Thousand

Together impossible goals can be reached. Like playing a song as a tribute to your favorite rock band, putting together 1000 musicians playing perfectly in synch. It’s what Rockin’1000 achieved, a group of Italian friends who became a global community bringing musicians from all around the world. We Are The Thousand is the story of how the largest band on the planet came to be: over nineteen thousand musicians, amateurs and pros from every age…

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