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 connects past and present through superbly produced story-songs with soaring vocals, blues, rock, and traditional beats.
Direction
Marie Clements weaves past and present with fearless visual rhythm.
Score
Original songs that slap harder than most fictional musicals.
Editing
Seamless cuts between archival footage and staged performances.
Director
Marie Clements
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film emerged from Marie Clements' earlier theatrical production, itself born from discovering her own father's involvement in the Native Brotherhood.
Clements specifically cast musicians rather than actors to perform, believing their embodied relationship to song would carry historical truth better than trained theatricality.
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US
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