
This powerful documentary about the role of Native Americans in contemporary music history-featuring some of the greatest music stars of our time-exposes a critical missing chapter, revealing how indigenous musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives and, through their contributions, influenced popular culture.... (Full plot summary below)
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This powerful documentary about the role of Native Americans in contemporary music history-featuring some of the greatest music stars of our time-exposes a critical missing chapter, revealing how indigenous musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives and, through their contributions, influenced popular culture.
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| The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweAs Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana’s astoundingly rich and resonant music documentary makes abundantly clear, American popular music – and the history of rock and roll itself – wouldn’t be the same without the contributions of Native American performers. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyEvery course on American music should necessarily include "Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World." |
| San Francisco ExaminerAnita KatzLess academically, it's a blast of energy and a stirring musician showcase. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA stirring documentary on the impressive contributions of Indians to popular music. |
| Counterpunch.orgLouis ProyectSucceeds both as entertainment, musicology and American Indian history. It shows that no matter how hard white America tried to force Indians to be "white", they maintained their traditions even expressing them as rock-and-roll. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellRumble is truth you can rock to. Play it loud! |
| RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThe movie goes down byways you might not have expected: Taboo from Black Eyed Peas makes an appearance, and heavy metal shows up via both guitarist Steve Salas (one of the movie’s executive producers) and drummer Randy Castillo, who played with Ozzy. Their stories are among the movie’s most moving. |
| Globe and MailBrad WheelerThis film is about giving credit where previously neglected credit is due. “You wouldn’t let us talk about it before,” Robertson says at the end of the doc. “But now I’m going to talk about it real loud.” No volume is too much at this point. |
| Washington City PaperAlan ZilbermanRumble may repeat a lot of what you already know, especially if you own The Last Waltz or any film about music in the 1960s. Still, there is a welcome earnestness here, celebrating tunes you should probably listen to again, anyway. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceRumble is an entertaining documentary about Native American contributions to the national soundtrack. |