Two spirits /
Examines the role of two-spirit people in the Navajo culture in the context of the story of a gay youth named Fred Martinez. Martinez was a nádleehí or a male-bodied person with a feminine essence, who was murdered in a hate crime at the age of sixteen. Discusses the traditional Native American pers...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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| Edition: | Widescreen. |
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| Summary: | Examines the role of two-spirit people in the Navajo culture in the context of the story of a gay youth named Fred Martinez. Martinez was a nádleehí or a male-bodied person with a feminine essence, who was murdered in a hate crime at the age of sixteen. Discusses the traditional Native American perspective on gender and sexuality and the need for a balanced interrelationship between the feminine and masculine. Includes interviews with Martinez's mother, Pauline Mitchell. |
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| Item Description: | This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play in all DVD players or drives. DVD release of the 2009 motion picture. Has running time as 65 min. on container. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (51 min., 20 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-R ; NTSC; all regions; widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1. |
| Awards: | Official Selection, Tuscon Film and Music Festival 2010 -- Special Invitation, BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2010 -- Official Selection Real Markable Stories, Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2010 -- Opening Night Selection, Durango Independent Film Festival 2010 -- World Premiere Special Presentation, Starz Denver Film Festival 2009 -- Official Selection, Dublin Gaze Film Festival 2010 |
| Production Credits: | Editor, Darrin Navarro ; director of photography, David A. Armstrong ; music, Juantio Becenti, Anthony Wakeman & Mr. Soon, David Reyes. |
| ISBN: | 0781513391 9780781513395 |