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

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

7.0 65 min Movie
MusicDocumentary

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.

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Cast

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

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