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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Becenti, Juantio (Composer), Wakeman, Anthony (Composer), Reyes, David (Composer), Mr. Soon (Composer)
Other Authors: Nibley, Lydia (Director, Producer, Screenwriter), Martin, Russell, 1952- (Producer, Screenwriter), Navarro, Darrin (Film editor), Armstrong, David A. (Cinematographer) (director of photography.), Benally, Craig (Actor), Parga, Samuel (Actor), Halnier, Carter (Actor), Church, Malachi (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cinema Guild, 2010.
Subjects:
Martinez, Fred, > 1985-2001.
Martinez, Fred, > 1985-2001
Two-spirit people > Colorado > Biography.
Sex role.
Navajo Indians > Sexual behavior.
Navajo Indians > Social life and customs.
Indian gay people > Crimes against > Colorado.
Gay youth > Crimes against > Colorado.
Hate crimes > Colorado.
Personnes bispirituelles.
Rôle selon le sexe.
Navajo > Sexualité.
Navajo > Mœurs et coutumes.
Personnes homosexuelles des Peuples autochtones > Crimes contre > Colorado.
Jeunes homosexuels > Crimes contre > Colorado.
Crimes haineux > Colorado.
sex role.
Hate crimes
Navajo Indians > Social life and customs
Sex role
Two-spirit people
Colorado
Two-Spirit victims of hates crimes.
Nádleehi.
Native American LGBTQ+ people.
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
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.
Item Description:Was aired on the PBS television show Independent Lens.
Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2019).
Physical Description:1 online resource (54 minutes) : sound, color.
Playing Time:00:53:59
Awards:Nominated 2012 GLAAD Media Awards, Outstanding Documentary
Official selection, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2010.
Official selection, Dublin Gaze Film Festival, 2010.
Special invitation, BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2010.
Production Credits:Editor, Darrin Navarro ; director of photography, David A. Armstrong ; music, Juantio Becenti, Anthony Wakeman & Mr. Soon, David J. Reyes.