
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999
7.0 (1)
1 hr 5 min
English
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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Perry Films
Keywords
- boarding school
- peyote
- ghost dance
- wounded knee massacre
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Top Cast

Robbie Robertson as Self - Mohawk

Rita Coolidge as Self - Cherokee

John Trudell as Self - Santee Sioux
Benito Concha as Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)
Sharon Burch as Self - Navaho (archive footage)

Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman as Self - Sioux
Herb Myke as Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga
Doug Myke as Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga
Top Crew

Dana Heinz Perry · Director, Editor
Hart Perry · Cinematographer
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