The Doe Boy
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The Doe Boy is a 2001 independent
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 written and directed by Randy Redroad. It was selected as the United States winner of the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

/NHK
NHK
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 International Filmmakers Award in 2000. The Doe Boy was produced by notable filmmaker, Chris Eyre
Chris Eyre
Chris Eyre , an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, is a film director and producer.His films focus on all aspects of contemporary Native American life, while dispelling the usual stereotypes. Eyre's debut film, Smoke Signals , won the coveted Sundance Film Festival Filmmakers...

.

Plot

Set in 1984 in the heart of the Cherokee
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...

 Nation of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
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, The Doe Boy tells the coming of age story of Hunter (James Duval
James Duval
James Edward Duval is an American actor, who is most famous for his roles in the Gregg Araki trilogy—Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere—in addition to Frank in Donnie Darko, Blank in May, Miguel in Independence Day and Singh in Go.-Personal life:Duval was born in Detroit, Michigan...

), a young man of mixed heritage who is also a haemophiliac.

Cast

  • James Duval
    James Duval
    James Edward Duval is an American actor, who is most famous for his roles in the Gregg Araki trilogy—Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere—in addition to Frank in Donnie Darko, Blank in May, Miguel in Independence Day and Singh in Go.-Personal life:Duval was born in Detroit, Michigan...

    ...Hunter
  • Kevin Anderson...Hank Kirk
  • Jeri Arredondo...Maggie Kirk
  • Andrew J. Ferchland
    Andrew J. Ferchland
    Andrew Ferchland is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor in 1992-93. He is known for his 1997 role of Collin, the Anointed One, in the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer....

    ...Young Hunter
  • Gordon Tootoosis...Marvin Fishinghawk
  • Judy Herrera
    Judy Herrera
    Judy Herrera is an American actress. She graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan.-Cinema:*The Postman , directed by Kevin Costner : Carrier*Melting Pot , directed by Tom Musca : Dolores...

    ...Geri
  • Jim Metzler
    Jim Metzler
    Jim Metzler is an American television and film actor, best known for guest-appearances on popular TV series. In 1983, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his supporting role in the 1982 film Tex....

    ...Dr. Moore
  • Nathaniel Arcand
    Nathaniel Arcand
    Nathaniel Arcand is a Canadian actor and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is Nēhilawē , from the Alexander First Nation Reserve. Essential supports throughout his life are Nathaniel's mother and his great grandparents...

    ...Junior
  • Robert A. Guthrie...Cheekie
  • Gil Birmingham
    Gil Birmingham
    Gil Birmingham is an American actor of Comanche ancestry, known for his portrayal of Billy Black in the The Twilight Saga film series.- Personal background :...

    ...Manny
  • Alex Rice
    Alex Rice
    Alexandrea Kawisenhawe Rice born in 1972 in Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada, is a First Nation actress.-Early life:Alex Rice is a Kanien'kehaka born in 1972 in Kahnawake, Quebec, and is proud of her Mohawk heritage. She is also a member of the Rice family of Kahnawake, having descended from Edmund...

    ...Bird
  • Orvel Baldridge...Oliver
  • Kyle White...Young Junior

Awards and nominations

  • Sundance/NHK
    NHK
    NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....

     International Filmmaker's Award
  • Taos Talking Pictures - Best First Time Director
  • Wine Country Film Festival - Best First Feature, Best Actor (James Duval
    James Duval
    James Edward Duval is an American actor, who is most famous for his roles in the Gregg Araki trilogy—Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere—in addition to Frank in Donnie Darko, Blank in May, Miguel in Independence Day and Singh in Go.-Personal life:Duval was born in Detroit, Michigan...

    )
  • Great Plains Film Festival - Best Feature
  • Deauville American Film Festival
    Deauville American Film Festival
    The Deauville American Film Festival is a yearly film festival devoted to American cinema, taking place since 1975 in Deauville, France. It was established by Lionel Chouchan and André Halimi....

     2001
    - Official Competition
  • IFP/Gotham Open Palm Award - Outstanding Directorial Debut - Finalist
  • Perrier Bubbling Under Award - Finalist
  • Galway Film Fleadh - Best First Time Director Co-Winner
  • First Nations Film Festival, Montreal - Grand Prize
  • Great Plains Film Festival - Best Feature
  • Empire State Film Festival - Grand Prize
  • Route 66 Film Festival, Chicago Best Feature With Diversity Emphasis
  • American Indian Film Festival
    American Indian Film Festival
    The American Indian Film Festival is an annual non-profit film festival in San Francisco. It is the world's oldest venue dedicated to Native American films and prepared the way for the 1979 formation of the American Indian Film Institute....

    - Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (James Duval
    James Duval
    James Edward Duval is an American actor, who is most famous for his roles in the Gregg Araki trilogy—Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation, and Nowhere—in addition to Frank in Donnie Darko, Blank in May, Miguel in Independence Day and Singh in Go.-Personal life:Duval was born in Detroit, Michigan...

    ), Best Actress (Jeri Arredondo) Best Supporting Actress (Judy Herrera
    Judy Herrera
    Judy Herrera is an American actress. She graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan.-Cinema:*The Postman , directed by Kevin Costner : Carrier*Melting Pot , directed by Tom Musca : Dolores...

    )

External links

  • The Doe Boy at Rotten tomatoes
    Rotten Tomatoes
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