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

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

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1999

Runtime

1h 5m

Genres

Music, Documentary

Original Title

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

Director

Dana Heinz Perry

Description

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.