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

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

MusicDocumentary
January 1, 19991h 5m7.0 / 10
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.

Director
Dana Heinz Perry
Dana Heinz Perry
Production
Perry Films
Cast
Robbie Robertson
Robbie RobertsonSelf - Mohawk/Cayuga
Rita Coolidge
Rita CoolidgeSelf - Cherokee
John Trudell
John TrudellSelf - Santee Sioux
B
Benito ConchaSelf - Benito Concha (archive footage)
S
Sharon BurchSelf - Navaho (archive footage)
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Floyd 'Red Crow' WestermanSelf - Sioux