Basic Info
Release: January 01, 1999
Runtime: 65 min
Status: Released
Videos
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (YouTube)
Making A Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (Vimeo)
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
1999
65 min
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.
Genres
Music
Documentary
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
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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
Ulali
Selves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)
Joanne Shenandoah
Self Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee
Crew
Dana Heinz Perry
Director
Dana Heinz Perry
Producer
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