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

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.
- Released
- 1999-01-01
- Genres
- Music, Documentary
- Runtime
- 65 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Dana Heinz Perry
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Robbie Robertson as Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
- Rita Coolidge as Self - Cherokee
- John Trudell as Self - Santee Sioux
- Benito Concha as Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)
- Sharon Burch as Self - Navaho (archive footage)
- Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman as Self - Sioux
- Herb Myke as Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
- Doug Myke as Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
- Elaine Bomberry as Self - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations
- Derek Miller as Self - Six Nations musician
- Ulali as Selves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)
- Joanne Shenandoah as Self Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee
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