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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.
Cast

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)

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

Derek Miller
Self - Six Nations musician
Ulali
Selves - Indigenous women’s group (archive footage)
Joanne Shenandoah
Self Oneida/Iriquois/Haudenosaunee
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