| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 49 sec.) ; 312769413 bytes |
| Summary |
NITV's Just Us month presents this powerful film which explores the cultural context behind a tragic and senseless murder.Two Spirits interweaves the tragic story of a mother's loss of her son with a revealing look at the largely unknown history of a time when the world wasn't simply divided into male and female and many Native American cultures held places of honour for people of integrated genders. Fred Martinez was nadleehi, a male-bodied person with a feminine nature, a special gift according to his ancient Navajo culture. He was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at 16. Two Spirits explores the life and death of this boy who was also a girl, and the essentially spiritual nature of gender.Follow the conversation on Twitter: #NITV |
| Event |
Broadcast 2014-08-18 at 20:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: PG |
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Murder -- Psychological aspects.
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Victims of crimes.
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Youth -- Crimes against.
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Youth and death.
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Two-spirit people.
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Mothers of murder victims.
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Colorado -- Cortez.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Nibley, Lydia, director
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