Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

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Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

Released Jul 26, 2017

1h 43m

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Filmmaker Catherine Bainbridge examines the role of Native Americans in contemporary music history. She exposes a critical missing chapter, revealing how indigenous musicians helped influence popular culture.

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RUMBLE shines a long overdue spotlight on key contributions to the American musical lexicon, satisfying rock scholars while offering a fascinating -- albeit sobering -- primer on the foundations of a genre.

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Rafer Guzman

Newsday

A solid rock-doc that turns up the volume on a little-noticed influence in American pop music.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 19, 2019

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Jack Hamilton

Slate

It feels like something much bigger than the film itself comes entirely together: four men on a stage, being musicians, being Indians, being Americans, playing rock 'n' roll.

Jun 28, 2018

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Peter Keough

Boston Globe

Ssolid if conventional.

Sep 25, 2017

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Benjamin H. Smith

Decider

It's certainly one of the best music docs I've ever seen.

Feb 8, 2021

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

A revealing, engaging portrait of a too-long-unseen slice of our collective popular culture.

Rated: B

Jul 1, 2020

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Roger Catlin

rogercatlin.com

The great, untold story of Native American pioneers of rock 'n' roll should be shown to every misguided MAGA-hat wearing student at Covington Catholic High School.

Jan 31, 2019

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Pete B

This was pretty interesting, but it kinda felt like it jumped around too much. Some parts were really good—like learning about Link Wray and the influence Native musicians had on rock—but other sections kinda dragged. Wish they went deeper on some of the artists instead of just touching on so many.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/25/25

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Georgan G

If you are a music lover, or a history buff, or enjoy learning more about Native Americans - this movie is for you. GREAT music. Interesting history, albeit sad. You get to see music icons.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/06/23

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Audience Member

A well organized, informative, moving, and enlightening film. See it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Jorge G

It's a must see for all music lovers.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/10/21

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Audience Member

Amazing and long overdue. Lots of musician that you didn't know were Native/Indigenous! If you love music this is a must watch!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Learned a lot about the Indian/Indigenous influence on jazz, blues and rock music. Introduced me to some great artists I'd never heard of before. Excellent music documentary.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Catherine Bainbridge examines the role of Native Americans in contemporary music history. She exposes a critical missing chapter, revealing how indigenous musicians helped influence popular culture.

Director: Catherine Bainbridge
Producer: Catherine Bainbridge, Jake Kent, Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick, Claire Mackinnon, Lisa M. Roth
Screenwriter: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Arte, Rezolution Pictures
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 26, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $223.8K
Runtime: 1h 43m

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