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

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

January 1, 199965 min0.0EN
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 RobertsonSelf - Mohawk/Cayuga
Rita Coolidge
Rita CoolidgeSelf - Cherokee
John Trudell
John TrudellSelf - Santee Sioux
Benito Concha
Benito ConchaSelf - Benito Concha (archive footage)
Sharon Burch
Sharon BurchSelf - Navaho (archive footage)
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
Floyd "Red Crow" WestermanSelf - Sioux
Herb Myke
Herb MykeSelf - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
Doug Myke
Doug MykeSelf - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
Elaine Bomberry
Elaine BomberrySelf - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations
Derek Miller
Derek MillerSelf - Six Nations musician