Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12641 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-09-24
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 87 minutes

Amazon.com
James Duval shines in this vivid, affecting coming-of-age story. The Doe Boy follows Hunter (Duval)--a half-Native American, half-Caucasian boy with hemophilia--from childhood to his life as a young adult. His father (Kevin Anderson) doesn't know how to relate to a boy who can't work with tools or play sports; his mother (Jeri Arredondo) fights to protect her vulnerable son. When his father finally takes him on a hunting trip, Hunter accidentally shoots a doe--leading to the nickname "doe boy," which haunts him. It's difficult to describe The Doe Boy; a story summary sounds gimmicky and doesn't capture the writing and performances, which are beautifully detailed and bracingly honest. Most importantly, despite not having a propulsive plot, The Doe Boy doesn't drag or meander. In fact, you may want it to slow down so you can spend more time with these characters, whose lives are hurtling by. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

Wonderful coming of age film
It's rough growing up in any culture when you're different, especially so in the Cherokees where proving yourself is so critical. And in this story, doing the wrong thing could prove fatal.

Hunter (Andrew J. Ferchland as young boy and James Duval as man) is a Cherokee boy with hemophilia. His mother (Jeri Arredondo) wants to shelter him and his Dad (Kevin Anderson) wants to treat him like a regular warrior. That includes learning to hunt deer.

When Hunter accidentally shoots a doe instead of the manliness proving buck, he's earned the insulting name "Doe Boy". As his Grandfather says, "He wanted a story to tell the rest of his life."

"Doe Boy" is an independent film, written and produced by Randy Redroad. The filming takes place in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, which is Cherokee country and a beautiful place. Acting, music, scenery are all good. Just a well-told.

Rebecca Kyle, August 2008

Great Family Movie
I enjoyed this movie, it was a bit slow moving in places but the overall theme and feeling of the movie did not get lost.

Doe Boy falls short
I love NAI movies but I feel this one fell a little short on traditions and
connection to the mother earth and it's creatures. I took a chance buying a movie I had never heard about.