The NFB is committed to respecting your privacy

We use cookies to ensure that our site works efficiently, as well as for advertising purposes.

If you do not wish to have your information used in this way, you can modify your browser settings before continuing your visit.

Learn more
Skip to content Accessibility
New release
Coming 
None

Droit devant

2017 1 h 41 min
Leaving soon

Documentaire musical signé Marie Clements, Droit devant rattache un moment charnière de l’histoire des droits civils au Canada — les origines du nationalisme autochtone vers 1930 — au souffle puissant qui anime aujourd’hui le militantisme des Premières Nations.

This content is not available for free viewing in your location.
Your rental expires on
None
You've already purchased this film.
Download it from My purchases.
Not available
Share
Droit devant

Details

Documentaire musical signé Marie Clements, Droit devant rattache un moment charnière de l’histoire des droits civils au Canada — les origines du nationalisme autochtone vers 1930 — au souffle puissant qui anime aujourd’hui le militantisme des Premières Nations.

  • writer
    Marie Clements
  • director
    Marie Clements
  • producer
    Shirley Vercruysse
  • editing
    Jenn Strom
  • original music
    Wayne Lavallee
  • photography directing
    Mike Mckinlay
  • art direction
    James Boatman
  • sound design
    Troy Slocum
  • costume designer
    Chelsea Graham
  • story song cast
    Evan Leslie Adams
    Leonard George
    Ronnie Dean Harris
    Wayne Lavallee
    Jeremy James Lavallee
    Stephen E. Miller
    Latash-Maurice Nahanee
    Corey Payette
    Murray Porter
    Russell Wallace
    Patti Allan
    Glen Andrew Brkich
    William J. Croft
    Amber Georgeson
    Kimowin Lavallee
    Cheri Maracle
    Joseph Patrick Keating
    Shakti Hayes
    Makwa Kewistep
    Pawaken Koostachin-Chakasim
    Delhia Nahanee
    Shekayah Lynn Silvey
    Michelle St. John
    Jennifer Elizabeth Kreisberg
    Doreen Manuel
    Imajyn Cardinal
    Richard E. Brown
    Shamantsut Amanda Nahanee
    Marissa Nahanee
  • documentary subject
    Edwin Newman
    Henry Clifton
    Latash-Maurice Nahanee
    Thomas Berger
    Wayne Lavallee
    Richard E. Brown
    Russell Wallace
    Jeremy James Lavallee
    Ronnie Dean Harris
    Murray Porter
    Corey Payette
    Vera Newman
    Karen Jeffery
    Delhia Nahanee
    Moira Movanna
    Marissa Nahanee
    Cheri Maracle
    Shakti Hayes
    Michelle St. John
    Jennifer Elizabeth Kreisberg
    Shamantsut Amanda Nahanee
    Doreen Manuel
    Vicki Lynne George
    Lorna Williams
    Shelby-Lynn Davis
    Marion Erickson
    Stephanie Erickson
    Morgan George
    Karista Olson
    Lorretta J. Pelletier
    Joan B. Sutherland
    Jody Thomas
    Ashley Wilson
    Martha Wilson
    Bonnie Wisla
  • delegate producer
    Teri Snelgrove
  • production supervision
    Jennifer Roworth
  • administration
    Carla Jones
  • technical coordinator
    Wes Machnikowski
  • production coordinator
    Kathleen Jayme
    Justin Mah
    Kristyn Stilling
  • None
    Nick Wade
    Caroline Coutts
    Daphne Chung
    Hunter Cheveldave
    Graham Talbot
    Manzoor Ahmed Wani
    Kasha Toolsee
    Lukas Fournier
    Wes Machnikowski
    Margot Guirado
    Jared Brendan Boyce
    Daniel Rocque
    Wendy Gorling
    Keesha Dawson-Harrison
    Rachael Dudley
    April Johnson
    Kassia O'Connor
    Stefan A. Skoronski
    Rosemary A. Georgeson
  • 1st assistant director
    Kate Weiss
  • 2nd assistant director
    Matthew Tingey
  • location sound
    Brent Calkin
    Jeff Henschel
  • boom operator
    Lisa Kolisnyk
  • set designer assistant
    Andrew Pommier
  • sets
    Rebecca Sjonger
    Sancha Alicia Tatlock
  • prop supervisor
    Dana Dolezsar
  • 2nd camera assistant
    Mikael Bidard
    Odessa Shuquaya
  • digital imaging technician
    George Faulkner
  • head grip
    Owen Stambuck
  • chief electrician
    Paul T. Murakami
  • grip / electric swing
    Terrance Azzuolo
  • script
    Nisha Platzer
  • assistant costume designer
    Kevin Eade
    Mika Laulainen
  • hairdressing
    Ashley Seymour
  • makeup artist
    Ashley Seymour
  • hairstylist
    Magdalena Kelly
  • location manager
    Nick Wade
    Odessa Shuquaya
  • researcher
    Amanda Burke
    Thanh Nguyen
    Mary Doherty
    Sandra Mendenhall
    Paloma Hazel Pacheco
    Paula Sawadsky
  • transcripts
    Tracy Sitter
  • photographer
    Rosamond Norbury
  • production assistant
    Colin Van Loon
    Richard Wilson
    Milena Salazar
  • script advisor
    Paula Danckert
  • community coordinator
    Janet Rogers
  • SPFX supervisor
    Jenn Strom
  • animation supervisor
    Jenn Strom
  • animator
    Prajay Mehta
    Elisa Chee
    Jenny Breukelman
    Jenn Strom
  • special effects
    Bun Lee
    Jenn Strom
    Trevor Gent
    Jenny Breukelman
  • storyboard
    Lauren Budd
  • online editing
    Serge Verreault
  • subtitling
    Zoé Major
  • sound mixer
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • marketing
    Leslie Stafford
  • media relation
    Katja De Bock
  • executive producer
    Shirley Vercruysse

Enjoy the NFB experience on your favourite device

Education

Ages 15 to 18
School subjects

Comment on the filmmaker’s decision to make The Road Forward a musical documentary. Discuss why the publication The Native Voice was considered so unusual and innovative for its time. Indigenous youth are often considered “at risk youth” when they are actually “culturally deprived youth.” Explain what strategies can effect changes in the education of Indigenous youth. Identify what the Constitution Express was and explain its significance in the history of Indigenous activism. What are the key concerns in Indigenous activism today?

Droit devant
Purchase options
Licence information
Already paid to see this film?
Licencing information

Home licence (worldwide); Classroom licence (Canada only)

You may download this film for private, personal or classroom use only. Public screenings and institutional (non-educational institutions) uses are not permitted. Download films in standard or high definition. (Please note that bonus materials are not available for DTO films.) You can copy each file up to 5 (five) times, onto various devices. DTO films cannot be hosted on a streaming server. To add DTO films to an institutional or educational streaming server, please contact a sales agent to discuss pricing.

Institutional licence

The institutional price includes the rights to screen this film in institutional settings and in free public screenings.