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

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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.

Featured Crew

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

Cast

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