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

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson by Dana Heinz Perry

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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.

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Cast

Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson as Self - Mohawk/Cayuga

Rita Coolidge

Rita Coolidge as Self - Cherokee

John Trudell

John Trudell as Self - Santee Sioux

Benito Concha

Benito Concha as Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)

Sharon Burch

Sharon Burch as Self - Navaho (archive footage)

Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman

Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman as Self - Sioux

Herb Myke

Herb Myke as Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations

Doug Myke

Doug Myke as Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations

Elaine Bomberry

Elaine Bomberry as Self - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations

Derek Miller

Derek Miller as Self - Six Nations musician

Ulali

Ulali as Selves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)

Joanne Shenandoah

Joanne Shenandoah as Self Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee

Johnny Myke

Johnny Myke as Self - Payute

Verdell Primeaux

Verdell Primeaux as Self - Navaho

Carlton H. Hoahwah

Carlton H. Hoahwah as Self - Comanche

Mark G. Wauahdooah

Mark G. Wauahdooah as Self - Comanche

Professor Cornel Pewewardy

Professor Cornel Pewewardy as Self - Comanche

Buffy Sainte-Marie

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

Leonard Peltier

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

Bonnie Jo Hunt

Bonnie Jo Hunt as Self - Dakota Sioux

Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks as Self - AIM leader (archive footage)

Cree Summer

Cree Summer as Self

Jacky Bird

Jacky Bird as Self - Hidatsa/Dakota Sioux

Chief Arnie General

Chief Arnie General as Self - Onondaga, Six Nations Reservation

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