Directors
Alfonso Maiorana
Catherine Bainbridge
Year
2017
Duration
107 min
Subtitles
Arabic
Rumble explores how the Native American influence is an integral part of music history, despite attempts to ban, censor, and erase Indian culture in the United States.
As Rumble reveals, the early pioneers of the blues had Native as well as African American roots, and one of the first and most influential jazz singers’ voices was trained on Native American songs. As the folk rock era took hold in the 60s and 70s, Native Americans helped to define its evolution.
Rumble shows how Indigenous music was part of the very fabric of American popular music from the beginning, but that the Native American contribution was left out of the story – until now.
Festivals: Sundance (Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling in World Cinema Documentary)