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

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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.

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

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Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson as Self - Mohawk/Cayuga Died 2023 · Toronto, Ontario Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician. He was lead guitarist for Bob Dylan in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s, guitarist and songwriter with the...
Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge as Self - Cherokee Age 80 Rita Coolidge is an American recording artist. During the 1970s and 1980s, her songs were on Billboard magazine's pop, country, adult contemporary, and jazz charts, and she won two Grammy Awards with...
John Trudell
John Trudell as Self - Santee Sioux Died 2015 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA John Trudell was an American Indian author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes' takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadca...
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman as Self - Sioux Died 2007 Floyd Red Crow Westerman (August 17, 1936 – December 13, 2007) was a Dakota Sioux musician, political activist, and actor. He was known for years as a renaissance man, for his many talents, dedication...
Derek Miller
Derek Miller as Self - Six Nations musician Two-time JUNO winning singer/songwriter/guitarist Derek Miller from Six Nations of the Grand River is a journeyman musician with eclectic taste and a knack for guitar oriented roots-inflected rock wit...
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie as Self - Cree (archive footage) Age 85 Canadian-born American singer-songwriter, guitarist, political activist, and visual artist known especially for her use of music to promote awareness of issues affecting Native Americans. Orphaned as...