waardevolle film over het leven van de Navajo two-spirit Fred Martinez, vermoord vanwege een transgender identiteit. Een beetje te langdradig voor de Europese markt en zonder ondertitels - worthwhile movie on the life of the Navajo two-spirit Fred Martinez, murdered for being transgendered. Somewhat longwinded for the European market and without subtitles ( )

TWO SPIRITS
interweaves the tragic story of a mother’s loss of her son with a revealing look at a time when the world wasn’t simply divided into male and female and many Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated genders.

Fred Martinez was nádleehí, a male-bodied person with a feminine nature, a special gift according to his ancient Navajo culture. But the place where two discriminations meet is a dangerous place to live, and Fred became one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at sixteen. Between tradition and controversy, sex and spirit, and freedom and fear, lives the truth—the bravest choice you can make is to be yourself.

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Two Spirits interweaves the tragic story of a mother's loss of her son with a a revealing look at a time when the world wasn't simply divided into male and female and many Native American cultures held places of honor 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. But the place where two discriminations meet is a dangerous place to live, and Fred became one of the youngest hate crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at sixteen. Between tradition and controversy, sex and spirit, and freedom and fear, lies the truth--the bravest choice you can make is to be yourself. (From back of DVD case)