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

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

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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.

Date: 01/01/1999

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Cast: Robbie Robertson, Rita Coolidge, John Trudell, Benito Concha, Sharon Burch, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, Herb Myke, Doug Myke, Elaine Bomberry, Derek Miller, Ulali, Joanne Shenandoah, Johnny Myke, Verdell Primeaux, Carlton H. Hoahwah, Mark G. Wauahdooah, Professor Cornel Pewewardy, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Leonard Peltier, Bonnie Jo Hunt, Dennis Banks, Cree Summer, Jacky Bird, Chief Arnie General

Robbie Robertson