The Road Forward (2017)
April 30, 2017Release Date
The Road Forward (2017)
April 30, 2017Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently The Road Forward is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Evan Leslie Adams
Ed Nahanee
Chief Leonard George
Native Voice Stringer (as Leonard George)
Ronnie Dean Harris
Native Voice Stringer / George Manuel / Singer / Self
Wayne Lavallee
Native Voice Stringer / Guitar Player / Singer / Self / Original Music Composer
Jeremy James Lavallee
Native Voice Stringer / Fiddle Player / Singer / Self
Stephen E. Miller
Tom Hurley
Latash Maurice Nahanee
Native Voice Stringer / Singer & Hand Drummer / Self
Corey Payette
Native Voice Stringer / Singer & Hand Drummer / Self
Murray Porter
Native Voice Stringer / Keyboard Player / Singer / Self
Russell Wallace
Native Voice Stringer / Choir Singer / Hand Drummer / Self
Patti Allan
Maisie Hurley
Glen Andrew Brkich
Husband
Bill Croft
Hotel Manager (as William J Croft)
Amber Georgeson
Daughter
Kimowin Lavallee
Daughter
Cheri Maracle
Mother / Singer / Self
Corey Payette
Native Voice Stringer
Joseph Patrick Keating
Restaurant Manager
Shakti Hayes
Choir Singer / Singer / Self
Makwa Kewistep
Young Boy
Pawaken Koostachin-Chakasim
Young Boy
Delhia Nahanee
Choir Singer / Singer / Self
Shekayah Lynn Silvey
Young Girl
Michelle St. John
Mother / Singer / Self
Russell Wallace
Native Voice Stringer
Jennifer Elizabeth Kreisberg
Mourning Mother / Singer / Self
Doreen Manuel
Self
Imajyn Cardinal
Daughter
Richard E. Brown
Singer & Drummer / Self
Shamantsut Amanda Nahanee
Singer / Self
Marissa Nahanee
Singer / Self
Henry Clifton
Self
Thomas Berger
Self
Vera Newman
Self
Karen Jeffrey
Self
Moira Movanna
Self
Vicki Lynne George
Self
Lorna Williams
Self
Shelby-Lynn Davis
Self
Marion Erickson
Self
Stephanie Erickson
Self
Morgan George
Self
Karista Olson
Self
Lorretta J. Pelletier
Self
Joan B. Sutherland
Self
Jody Thomas
Self
Ashley Wilson
Self
Martha Wilson
Self
Bonnie Wisla
Self
Edwin Newman
Self
Mike McKinlay
Director of Photography
Jenn Strom
Editor
James Boatman
Production Design
Rebecca Sjonger
Set Decoration
Sancha Alicia Tatlock
Set Decoration
Chelsea Graham
Costume Design
Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Road Forward is a 2017 musical documentary film written and directed by Marie Clements about key moments in the history of Indigenous rights in Canada, from the 1930s to today. The film was produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
Clements has stated that the idea for the project came from browsing years of headlines in Native Voice, an Indigenous newspaper from British Columbia that she first heard of while doing research for the 2010 Cultural Olympics, during the Vancouver Olympics. Inspired by the headlines and stories, she began writing lyrics. She then worked with friends who were composers, to set music to her lyrics.
In the film, members of the Native Brotherhood and Native Sisterhood discuss the beginnings of their organizations, in 1931 and 1933 respectively, and how Native Voice had helped unite First Nations in British Columbia.
The Road Forward was initially presented as a musical theatre show in 2015, at Vancouver's Touchstone Theatre. The film features such Indigenous actors and musicians as Murray Porter, Michelle St. John, Cheri Maracle and Evan Adams, as well as songwriter Wayne Lavallee, actor and singer Cheri Maracle, hip-hop artist Ronnie Dean Harris, and Métis fiddler Jeremy James Lavallee.