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Alanis Obomsawin

Gene Boy Came Home

  • Documentary
RELEASE

2007-08-01

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

25 min

Description

A portrait of Eugene "Gene Boy" Benedict from Odanak Indian Reserve near Montreal, Quebec. At 17, adrift and beginning to lose his way, he accepted a dare and enlisted in the US Marines – and was sent to the frontlines of the Vietnam War. This film is the account of his two years of service and his long journey back to Odanak afterwards.