The return of Navajo Boy / directed by Jeff Spitz ; co-producers, Jeff Spitz & Bennie Klain ; executive producer, Bill Kennedy ; director of photography, Mark Eveslage ; Jeff Spitz Productions.

Other author/creatorSpitz, Jeff.
Other author/creatorKlain, Bennie.
Other author/creatorKennedy, Bill.
Other author/creatorBegay, Lorenzo.
Other author/creatorBerkeley Media.
Abstract The resurfacing of a decades-old film reunites a man and his family and explores radioactivity problems on the Navajo reservation. Return of Navajo boy, juxtaposes the families' lives now and then. It also explores the effects of uranium exposure from the mines on the Navajo Nation on the health of the Navajo people. It documents the return/reunion of John Wayne Cly, a Navaho boy, taken as a child by missionaries around 1960 from his Navajo family.
CreditsEdited by Sharon Karp ; music by Douglas Spotted Eagle ; research, Jeff Spitz ; Navajo translations & subtitles by Bennie Klain ; additional camera, Jeff Spitz, Doug Crawford ; creative consultant, Jerry Blumenthal ; story consultant, Hope Moskowitz.
Performer Narrated by Lorenzo Begay ; featuring, Lorenzo Begay, Jimmy T. Cly, Bill Kennedy, Elsie Mae Cly Begay, Mary Holiday, Bernie Cly Sr., Shelley Begay, Tillie Begay, Shuree Fatt, Rita Fatt, Melanie Begay, Stewart Udall, Malcolm Brenner, John Wayne Cly, Rufina Cly, Ruthie Cly, Mark Olds.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageEnglish and Navajo with English subtitles.

Availability

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Joyner Compact DVDs E99.N3 R47 2001 DVD ✔ Available Place Hold