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The Road Forward

9.0 101 mins Documentary   Music   2017
ONF | NFB  
Director(s): Marie Clements

Release Date: 30 Sun, Apr 2017

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.

Casts of The Road Forward

Evan Leslie Adams

as Ed Nahanee

Chief Leonard George

as Native Voice Stringer (as Leonard George)

Ronnie Dean Harris

as Native Voice Stringer / George Manuel / Singer / Self

Wayne Lavallee

as Native Voice Stringer / Guitar Player / Singer / Self

Jeremy James Lavallee

as Native Voice Stringer / Fiddle Player / Singer / Self

Stephen E. Miller

as Tom Hurley

Latash Maurice Nahanee

as Native Voice Stringer / Singer & Hand Drummer / Self

Corey Payette

as Native Voice Stringer / Singer & Hand Drummer / Self

Murray Porter

as Native Voice Stringer / Keyboard Player / Singer / Self

Russell Wallace

as Native Voice Stringer / Choir Singer / Hand Drummer / Self

Patti Allan

as Maisie Hurley

Glen Andrew Brkich

as Husband

Bill Croft

as Hotel Manager (as William J Croft)

Amber Georgeson

as Daughter

Kimowin Lavallee

as Daughter

Cheri Maracle

as Mother / Singer / Self

Joseph Patrick Keating

as Restaurant Manager

Shakti Hayes

as Choir Singer / Singer / Self

Makwa Kewistep

as Young Boy

Delhia Nahanee

as Choir Singer / Singer / Self

Shekayah Lynn Silvey

as Young Girl

Michelle St. John

as Mother / Singer / Self

Jennifer Elizabeth Kreisberg

as Mourning Mother / Singer / Self

Doreen Manuel

as Self

Imajyn Cardinal

as Daughter

Richard E. Brown

as Singer & Drummer / Self

Shamantsut Amanda Nahanee

as Singer / Self

Marissa Nahanee

as Singer / Self

Henry Clifton

as Self

Thomas Berger

as Self

Vera Newman

as Self

Karen Jeffrey

as Self

Moira Movanna

as Self

Lorna Williams

as Self

Marion Erickson

as Self

Morgan George

as Self

Karista Olson

as Self

Jody Thomas

as Self

Ashley Wilson

as Self

Martha Wilson

as Self

Bonnie Wisla

as Self

Edwin Newman

as Self

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