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Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999765 min
DocumentaryMusic
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
Actors
Robbie RobertsonSelf - Mohawk/Cayuga
Rita CoolidgeSelf - Cherokee
John TrudellSelf - Santee SiouxBenito ConchaSelf - Benito Concha (archive footage)Sharon BurchSelf - Navaho (archive footage)
Floyd 'Red Crow' WestermanSelf - SiouxHerb MykeSelf - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six NationsDoug MykeSelf - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six NationsElaine BomberrySelf - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations
Derek MillerSelf - Six Nations musicianUlaliSelves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)Joanne ShenandoahSelf Oneida/Iriquois/HaudenosauneeReleased
Jan 01, 1999
Country
United States of America
Production
Perry Films
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