
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999 · Movie · 1h 5m
MusicDocumentary
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
Key crew
- Dana Heinz PerryDirector
Cast
- Robbie RobertsonSelf - Mohawk/Cayuga
- Rita CoolidgeSelf - Cherokee
- John TrudellSelf - Santee Sioux
- Benito ConchaSelf - Benito Concha (archive footage)
- Sharon BurchSelf - Navaho (archive footage)
- Floyd 'Red Crow' WestermanSelf - Sioux
- Herb MykeSelf - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
- Doug MykeSelf - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
- Elaine BomberrySelf - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations
- Derek MillerSelf - Six Nations musician
- UlaliSelves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)
- Joanne ShenandoahSelf Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee
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