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.
Format | Video (DVD) |
Publication Info | Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media, [2001], ©2000. |
Description | 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
Supplemental Content | For information on Berkeley Media and its services, go to (viewed on 2005 May 12) |
Supplemental Content | Information on Cly and Begay families, Navajos and film |
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Other author/creator | Spitz, Jeff. |
Other author/creator | Klain, Bennie. |
Other author/creator | Kennedy, Bill. |
Other author/creator | Begay, Lorenzo. |
Other author/creator | Berkeley 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. |
Credits | Edited 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 details | DVD. |
Language | English and Navajo with English subtitles. |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | Compact DVDs | E99.N3 R47 2001 DVD | ✔ Available | Place Hold |