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 connects past and present through superbly produced story-songs with soaring vocals, blues, rock, and traditional beats.
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Wayne Lavallee
Wayne Lavallee is an actor, musician, score composer of film and dance who received 3 Leo Awards nominations for his original music scores for the award winning NFB documentaries The Road Forward, Holy Angels and the feature motion picture Red Snow written and directed by Marie Clements. He is inspired to create music that is rooted in his Indigenous culture, a hybrid of unique modern sounds with old world sounds that evoke the ancient spirit within.
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Latash Maurice Nahanee
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Patti Allan
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Joseph Patrick Keating
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Michelle St. John
Michelle St. John is a Canadian actress, singer, producer and director and a member of the Wampanoag Nation in the northeastern United States. She has been involved in creative projects in theatre, film, television and music since the 1980s. Her directorial debut, Colonization Road, is a 2016 feature-length documentary that premiered at imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.
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Movie Details
Production Info
- Director:
- Marie Clements
- Writer:
- Marie Clements
- Production:
- ONF | NFB
Key Crew
- Original Music Composer:
- Wayne Lavallee
- Producer:
- Shirley Vercruysse
Locations and Languages
- Country:
- CA; US
- Filming:
- CA
- Languages:
- en