Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (1999)
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.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.131 |
Directed By
Dana Heinz Perry
Crew
Dana Heinz Perry
Dana Heinz Perry
Dana Heinz Perry
Hart Perry
Sara Keller
TOP CAST
Robbie Robertson
Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
Rita Coolidge
Self - Cherokee
John Trudell
Self - Santee Sioux
Benito Concha
Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)
Sharon Burch
Self - Navaho (archive footage)
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Self - Sioux
Herb Myke
Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
Doug Myke
Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
Elaine Bomberry
Self - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations
Derek Miller
Self - Six Nations musician
Ulali
Selves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)
Joanne Shenandoah
Self Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee
Johnny Myke
Self - Payute
Verdell Primeaux
Self - Navaho
Carlton H. Hoahwah
Self - Comanche
Mark G. Wauahdooah
Self - Comanche
Professor Cornel Pewewardy
Self - Comanche
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Self - Cree (archive footage)
Leonard Peltier
Self - Anishanaabe/Dakota (archive footage)
Bonnie Jo Hunt
Self - Dakota Sioux
Dennis Banks
Self - AIM leader (archive footage)
Cree Summer
Self
Jacky Bird
Self - Hidatsa/Dakota Sioux
Chief Arnie General
Self - Onondaga, Six Nations Reservation
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