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

Genre : Music, Documentary

Runtime : 1H 5M

Director : Dana Heinz Perry

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson
Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge
Self - Cherokee
John Trudell
John Trudell
Self - Santee Sioux
Benito Concha
Benito Concha
Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)
Sharon Burch
Sharon Burch
Self - Navaho (archive footage)
Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Self - Sioux
Herb Myke
Herb Myke
Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
Doug Myke
Doug Myke
Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
Elaine Bomberry
Elaine Bomberry
Self - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations
Derek Miller
Derek Miller
Self - Six Nations musician
Ulali
Ulali
Selves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)
Joanne Shenandoah
Joanne Shenandoah
Self Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee
Johnny Myke
Johnny Myke
Self - Payute
Verdell Primeaux
Verdell Primeaux
Self - Navaho
Carlton H. Hoahwah
Carlton H. Hoahwah
Self - Comanche
Mark G. Wauahdooah
Mark G. Wauahdooah
Self - Comanche
Professor Cornel Pewewardy
Professor Cornel Pewewardy
Self - Comanche
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Self - Cree (archive footage)
Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier
Self - Anishanaabe/Dakota (archive footage)
Bonnie Jo Hunt
Bonnie Jo Hunt
Self - Dakota Sioux
Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks
Self - AIM leader (archive footage)
Cree Summer
Cree Summer
Self
Jacky Bird
Jacky Bird
Self - Hidatsa/Dakota Sioux
Chief Arnie General
Chief Arnie General
Self - Onondaga, Six Nations Reservation

Crews

Dana Heinz Perry
Dana Heinz Perry
Director
Dana Heinz Perry
Dana Heinz Perry
Producer
Dana Heinz Perry
Dana Heinz Perry
Editor
Hart Perry
Hart Perry
Director of Photography
Sara Keller
Sara Keller
Associate Producer

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