Gene Boy came home / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; a film by Alanis Obomsawin ; director/writer, Alanis Obomsawin ; producer, Alanis Obomsawin ; a National Film Board of Canada production, English Program, Quebec Centre.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Obomsawin, Alanis, film director, screenwriter, film producer.

National Film Board of Canada. English Program.

National Film Board of Canada. Québec Centre.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Benedict, Eugene.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Indian veterans--Canada--Biography.

Indian veterans.

Canada.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Biographies.

Personal narratives.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (25 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2015]

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

Eugene "Gene 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. This film is the harrowing and deeply moving story of his two years of service in Vietnam and his long journey back to Odanak afterwards.

Credits:

Edited by Alison Burns ; camera, Philippe Amiguet ; original music, Francis Grandmont.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, c2007.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed July 29, 2015).

Publisher Number:

nf-gene Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.