The Road Forward vs Urgh! A Music War
The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.3/10 for Urgh! A Music War). The Road Forward is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 1m. Urgh! A Music War is the older of the two (1981 against 2017). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Road Forward
Urgh! A Music War| The Road Forward | Urgh! A Music War | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 1981 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Marie Clements | Derek Burbidge |
| Main cast | Stephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George | Danny Elfman, Nigel Bennett, Toyah Willcox, Sting, Joan Jett |
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…
Urgh! A Music War
Urgh! A Music War is a British film released in 1982 featuring performances by punk rock, new wave, and post-punk acts, filmed in 1980. Among the artists featured in the movie are Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Magazine, The Go-Go's, Toyah Willcox, The Fleshtones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, X, XTC, Devo, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Dead Kennedys, Gary Numan, Klaus Nomi, Wall of Voodoo, Pere Ubu, Steel Pulse, Surf Punks, 999, UB40…
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