The Road Forward vs What Happened, Miss Simone?
The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.4/10 for What Happened, Miss Simone?). What Happened, Miss Simone? is the older of the two (2015 against 2017). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Road Forward
What Happened, Miss Simone?| The Road Forward | What Happened, Miss Simone? | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2015 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Documentary, Music | Documentary, Music |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Marie Clements | Liz Garbus |
| Main cast | Stephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard George | Nina Simone, Lisa Simone, Dick Gregory, Stanley Crouch, Elisabeth Henry-Macari |
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…
What Happened, Miss Simone?
The film chronicles Nina Simone's journey from child piano prodigy to iconic musician and passionate activist, told in her own words.
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