Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (1999)

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.

Cast (24)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

B

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Self - Cree (archive footage)

Leonard Peltier

Self - Anishanaabe/Dakota (archive footage)

B

Bonnie Jo Hunt

Self - Dakota Sioux

Dennis Banks

Self - AIM leader (archive footage)

Cree Summer

Self

J

Jacky Bird

Self - Hidatsa/Dakota Sioux

C

Chief Arnie General

Self - Onondaga, Six Nations Reservation

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