Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
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.
Directed by Dana Heinz Perry
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Cast
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Robbie Robertson Self - Mohawk/Cayuga -
Rita Coolidge Self - Cherokee -
John Trudell Self - Santee Sioux - Benito Concha Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)
- Sharon Burch Self - Navaho (archive footage)
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Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman Self - Sioux - Herb Myke Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
- Doug Myke Self - Robbie's cousin; Cayuga/Six Nations
- Elaine Bomberry Self - Ojibway/Cayuga/Six Nations
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Derek Miller Self - Six Nations musician - Ulali Selves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)
- Joanne Shenandoah Self Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee
Make it a double feature
2h 37m together
Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
Boy Interrupted
Both from Dana Heinz Perry.










