Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
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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.
Top cast
Robbie Robertson
Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
Rita Coolidge
Self - Cherokee
John Trudell
Self - Santee Sioux
B
Benito Concha
Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)
S
Sharon Burch
Self - Navaho (archive footage)
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Self - Sioux
H
Herb Myke
Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
D
Doug Myke
Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
E
Elaine Bomberry
Self - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations
Derek Miller
Self - Six Nations musician
U
Ulali
Selves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)
J
Joanne Shenandoah
Self Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee
J
Johnny Myke
Self - Payute
V
Verdell Primeaux
Self - Navaho
C
Carlton H. Hoahwah
Self - Comanche
M
Mark G. Wauahdooah
Self - Comanche
P
Professor Cornel Pewewardy
Self - Comanche
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Self - Cree (archive footage)
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