Released:
1999-01-01

Overview:
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.

Director:
Dana Heinz Perry

Runtime:
1h 5min

Genre:
Music, Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Robbie Robertson
  as
  Self - Mohawk/Cayuga
• 
  Rita Coolidge
  as
  Self - Cherokee
• 
  John Trudell
  as
  Self - Santee Sioux
• 
  Benito Concha
  as
  Self - Benito Concha (archive footage)
• 
  Sharon Burch
  as
  Self - Navaho (archive footage)