Two Spirits Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion

424 North Central Avenue,Phoenix AZ 85004

09 April, 2022

Description

In honor of Indigenous Culture week and ASU Spring Pride, AISWSA will be hosting a screening of the documentary Two-Spirits. **MUST BE AN ASU STUDENT, FACULTY, STAFF, ALUMNI OR AFFILIATE TO ATTEND EVENT** This documentary has been screened in over 80 film festivals around the world and has won numerous film festival awards and has been recognized as paving the way for deeper conversations about gender. Film Synopsis: 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. Link to documentary preview: https://twospirits.org/trailer/ AISWSA invites the ASU community to join us for an evening of learning. This event will facilitate dialogue focused on: Awareness & Visibility of Indigenous Two-Spirit and Queer Identities AdvocacyLearning to Lead with Empathy Importance of Missing Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Policies