Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

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Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

2017

1h 43m

Documentary

Music

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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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Critics Consensus

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

01/19/2019

2.5/4

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

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Jack Hamilton

Slate

06/28/2018

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.

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Peter Keough

Boston Globe

09/25/2017

Ssolid if conventional.

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Benjamin H. Smith

Decider

02/08/2021

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

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

07/01/2020

B

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

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Roger Catlin

rogercatlin.com

01/31/2019

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.

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Sillyicyfemale

Dec 27

Cool movie from 2021 the animated one

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Pete B

@RT37223507 03/25/2025

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.

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Georgan G

@RT98616417 03/06/2023

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.

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07/21/2022

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

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03/17/2021

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

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12/27/2020

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.

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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