Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (1999)

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (1999)

1999-01-01 65 Min. PG-13
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Overview

This doc explores "The Band" guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson's Native American background. Half Mohawk on his mother's side, the film follows him back to the Six Nations reservation in Ontario where he spent summers growing up and picked up his first guitar. The resulting album, "Contact From the Underworld of Red Boy", draws on his childhood First Nation influences and includes musical collaborations wth Native artists such as John Trudell, Rita Coolidge and Buffy Ste Marie.

Cast

Robbie Robertson is Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
Rita Coolidge is Self - Cherokee
Self - Cherokee
John Trudell is Self - Santee Sioux
Self - Santee Sioux
Benito Concha is Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)
Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)
Sharon Burch is Self - Navaho (archive footage)
Self - Navaho (archive footage)
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman is Self - Sioux
Self - Sioux
Herb Myke is Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
Doug Myke is Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
Elaine Bomberry is Self - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations
Self - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations
Derek Miller is Self - Six Nations musician
Self - Six Nations musician
Ulali is Selves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)
Selves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)
Joanne Shenandoah is Self Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee
Self Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee

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