The Road Forward vs When You're Strange

The Road Forward has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.3/10 for When You're Strange). When You're Strange is the shorter watch at 1h 26m compared with 1h 41m. When You're Strange is the older of the two (2010 against 2017). Both are documentary, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Road Forward posterThe Road Forward2017 VS When You're Strange posterWhen You're Strange2010
The Road ForwardWhen You're Strange
Audience score★ 9.0/10★ 7.3/10
Year20172010
Length1h 41m1h 26m
GenresDocumentary, MusicDocumentary, Music
CountryCanadaUnited States of America
DirectorMarie ClementsTom DiCillo
Main castStephen E. Miller, Bill Croft, Patti Allan, Evan Leslie Adams, Chief Leonard GeorgeJohnny Depp, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger

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…

When You're Strange

The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas.

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