The Road Forward vs The Sun's Gonna Shine
The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.6/10 for The Sun's Gonna Shine). The Sun's Gonna Shine is the shorter watch at 10m compared with 1h 41m. The Sun's Gonna Shine is the older of the two (1969 against 2017). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Road Forward
The Sun's Gonna Shine| The Road Forward | The Sun's Gonna Shine | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 1969 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 10m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Marie Clements | Les Blank |
| Main cast | Stephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George | Lightnin' Hopkins |
Synopsis
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…
The Sun's Gonna Shine
A lyrical recreation of Lightnin’ Hopkins’ decision at age eight to stop chopping cotton and start singing for a living. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
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