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

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.

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Cast

Robbie Robertson

Self - Mohawk/Cayuga

Rita Coolidge

Self - Cherokee

John Trudell

Self - Santee Sioux

Benito Concha

Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)

Sharon Burch

Self - Navaho (archive footage)

Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman

Self - Sioux

Herb Myke

Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations

Doug Myke

Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations

Elaine Bomberry

Self - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations

Derek Miller

Self - Six Nations musician