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.

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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)


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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