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    Gene Boy came home / a film by Alanis Obomsawin ; a National Film Board of Canada production.

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    • Title:Gene Boy came home / a film by Alanis Obomsawin ; a National Film Board of Canada production.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Obomsawin, Alanis.
      Xwi7xwa Collection
      National Film Board of Canada.
    • Published/Created:[Montreal] : National Film Board of Canada, ©2007.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Benedict, Eugene.
      Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Canadian.
      Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Participation, Indian.
      Documentary films.
    • Edition:Widescreen.
    • Description:1 videodisc (25 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
    • Terms governing use:Restrictions: Site license. UBC faculty, staff and students only.
    • Credits:Written, directed and produced by Alanis Obomsawin. Editor, Alison Burns ; camera, Philippe Amiguet ; location sound, Raymond Marcoux ; original music, Francis Grandmont.
    • Summary:Eugene "Gene Boy" (pronounced Genie Boy) Benedict was raised by his Great Uncle and Aunt on the Odanak Indian Reserve an hour and a half east of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He left home at age 15 to work in construction in New York State. At 17, adrift and beginning to lose his way, he accepted a dare and enlisted in the US Marines. A few months later, he was on his way to the frontlines of the Vietnam War. Gene Boy Came Home is the harrowing and deeply moving story of his two years of service in Vietnam and his long journey back to Odanak afterwards. At this critical point in the world's history, celebrated filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin turns her camera on the ugliness of war through the eyes of one survivor. Her new documentary will resonate with all those who have been touched by war, and with anyone who has had to travel the painful path of healing that eventually leads home.
    • Local note:First Nations author.
    • Notes:DVD video.
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