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.
Robbie Robertson
Rita Coolidge
John Trudell
Benito Concha
Sharon Burch
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Herb Myke
Doug Myke
Elaine Bomberry
Derek Miller
Ulali
Joanne Shenandoah
Johnny Myke
Verdell Primeaux
Carlton H. Hoahwah
Mark G. Wauahdooah
Professor Cornel Pewewardy
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Leonard Peltier
Bonnie Jo Hunt
Dennis Banks
Cree Summer
Jacky Bird
Chief Arnie General