Redroad was born Randolph Kendall Snapp on Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, IL., where his father was temporarily stationed for flight training.
He moved to New York City in the mid 1980s, where he worked as a bike messenger and, later, a waiter, eventually becoming interested in filmmaking, because it was the one art form that contained all the others.
[2] Redroad completed the films Cow Tipping: The Militant Indian Waiter (1991) and Haircuts Hurt (1992) because of his participation with Third World Newsreel.
He used the money to make his award winning short film "High Horse", about urban Indians living in New York City.
[3] Redroad is a founding member of the award-winning StyleHorse Collective, a group of indigenous artists who work with tribal organizations to create inspiring and educational film and video projects.