Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
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.
Release Date: 1999-01-01
Music
Documentary
Official website: http://www.perryfilms.com/projects/noise.html
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Robbie Robertson
as Self - Mohawk/Cayuga

Rita Coolidge
as Self - Cherokee

John Trudell
as Self - Santee Sioux

Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
as Self - Sioux

Derek Miller
as Self - Six Nations musician

Buffy Sainte-Marie
as Self - Cree (archive footage)

Leonard Peltier
as Self - Anishanaabe/Dakota (archive footage)

Dennis Banks
as Self - AIM leader (archive footage)

Cree Summer
as Self