The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists vs The Road Forward
The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6/10 for The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists). The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists is the shorter watch at 54m compared with 1h 41m. The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists is the older of the two (1995 against 2017). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
The Road Forward| The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists | The Road Forward | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2017 |
| Length | 54m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Les Blank | Marie Clements |
| Main cast | Gerald Gaxiola, Alice Gaxiola, Peter Mollica, Peter William Brown, Nadine Starbuck | Stephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George |
Synopsis
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
What happens when a dedicated husband and father quits his job, adopts the persona of a Western-Movie Singing Cowboy, takes on the entire art establishment (including Christo and Andy Warhol), and refuses to accept money for his art ? Meet Gerry Gaxiola, AKA The Maestro, an ex-wage slave who gave up everything to make art for art's sake. The Maestro's story could inspire a whole new generation of Van Goghs.
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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