← Back

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

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.

Release: 1999-01-01
Runtime: 65 min
Cast
Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson
Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
Rita Coolidge
Rita Coolidge
Self - Cherokee
John Trudell
John Trudell
Self - Santee Sioux
No Image
Benito Concha
Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)
No Image
Sharon Burch
Self - Navaho (archive footage)
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
Self - Sioux
No Image
Herb Myke
Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
No Image
Doug Myke
Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
No Image
Elaine Bomberry
Self - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations
Derek Miller
Derek Miller
Self - Six Nations musician
No Image
Ulali
Selves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)
No Image
Joanne Shenandoah
Self Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee
No Image
Johnny Myke
Self - Payute
No Image
Verdell Primeaux
Self - Navaho
No Image
Carlton H. Hoahwah
Self - Comanche
No Image
Mark G. Wauahdooah
Self - Comanche
No Image
Professor Cornel Pewewardy
Self - Comanche
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Self - Cree (archive footage)