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

1999

1h 5m

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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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Robbie Robertson
Self - Mohawk
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Rita Coolidge
Self - Cherokee
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John Trudell
Self - Santee Sioux
Benito Concha
Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)
Sharon Burch
Self - Navaho (archive footage)
Herb Myke
Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga
Doug Myke
Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga
Elaine Bomberry
Self - Ojibway
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Derek Miller
Self - Six Nations musician
Ulali
Selves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)
Joanne Shenandoah
Self Oneida
Johnny Myke
Self - Payute
Verdell Primeaux
Self - Navaho
Carlton H. Hoahwah
Self - Comanche
Mark G. Wauahdooah
Self - Comanche
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
Self - Cree (archive footage)

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January 1, 1999 (United States)

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