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

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Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson As: Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge As: Self - Cherokee
John Trudell John Trudell As: Self - Santee Sioux
Benito Concha Benito Concha As: Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)
Sharon Burch Sharon Burch As: Self - Navaho (archive footage)
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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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Genres: Music, Documentary

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Release Date: 01 January 1999

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Runtime: 65m

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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

Johnny Myke

Johnny Myke

Self - Payute

Verdell Primeaux

Verdell Primeaux

Self - Navaho

Carlton H. Hoahwah

Carlton H. Hoahwah

Self - Comanche

Mark G. Wauahdooah

Mark G. Wauahdooah

Self - Comanche

Professor Cornel Pewewardy

Professor Cornel Pewewardy

Self - Comanche

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Self - Cree (archive footage)

Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier

Self - Anishanaabe/Dakota (archive footage)

Bonnie Jo Hunt

Bonnie Jo Hunt

Self - Dakota Sioux

Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks

Self - AIM leader (archive footage)

Cree Summer

Cree Summer

Self

Jacky Bird

Jacky Bird

Self - Hidatsa/Dakota Sioux

Chief Arnie General

Chief Arnie General

Self - Onondaga, Six Nations Reservation

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Dana Heinz Perry

Dana Heinz Perry

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Sara Keller

Sara Keller

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Hart Perry

Hart Perry

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