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Two Spirits
Youth in revolt
USA
In 2001, 16-year-old Fred Martinez was brutally murdered near his home-
USA
Based on the acclaimed novel by C. D. Payne (who cowrote the script),
Director: Lydia Nibley town of Cortez, Colorado. He was poor, Navajo, and transgendered – a Director: Miguel Arteta this coming-of-age comedy puts an outrageous spin on the timeless tale
Executive Producer: Henry Ansbacher girl in a boy’s body. Fred was blessed to have grown up with the cultural Executive Producers: Bob Weinstein, of rebellious young love. Michael Cera (Juno, SDFF 32; Superbad) stars
Producers: Lydia Nibley, Russell Martin
belief there are four genders, not only male and female but mixed identi-
Harvey Weinstein, Nan Morales
as Nick Twisp, a quirky teen with a taste for the finer things in life, like
Screenwriter: Lydia Nibley,
ties like his. Among his own people, he was accepted as nádleehí, a word Producer: David Permut Sinatra, Fellini – and the beautiful, free-spirited Sheeni Saunders (Portia
Russell Martin that means “one who constantly transforms” in the Navajo language; it Writer: Gustin Nash Doubleday), with whom he falls hopelessly in love while on a family
Cinematographer: David A. Armstrong
connotes a spiritual and sexual being who is also known to and honored
Cinematographer: Chuy Chávez
vacation.
Editor: Darrin Navarro
by other Native American cultures as a “two-spirit person.” The traditional
Editor: Andy Keir, Pamela Martin
But with so much, including geography and jealous ex-lovers, to keep
2009 / color / 64 min.
roles of such people have included healing, mediation, and the parenting
Cast: Michael Cera, Zach Galifianakis,
the would-be couple apart, drastic measures must be taken. Egged
of orphans. The tragedy of Fred’s life, however, is that also he grew up
Justin Long, Steve Buscemi,
on by Sheeni, Nick abandons his dull, predictable life and develops a
in small-town America, where far narrower views of both ethnicity and Rooney Mara, Ray Liotta
LYDia niBLEY rebellious alter ego, complete with ascot, moustache, and cigarette:
As a writer, producer, and director, Lydia
gender ultimately proved fatal to him. 2009 / color / 90 min.
François. François, who will stop at nothing to be with Sheeni, leads Nick
Nibley has worked in film, radio, stage
This documentary by Lydia Nibley not only tells the story of the life and headlong into unpredictable snarls with uproarious consequences.
production, print, and television. She
death of this youngest-ever victim of a hate crime but also delineates the
was a cocreator of the original television
larger context within which his murder occurred. Interviewees include
MiGuEL arTETa
Working with an all-star cast that includes Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta,
pilot Rise. Two Spirits is her first feature
Miguel Arteta was born in San Juan, Mary Kay Place, Fred Willard, and M. Emmet Walsh as well as Justin
film.
Fred’s mother, family supporters, those who brought Fred’s killer to justice,
Puerto Rico, in 1965. After graduating
Long and Zach Galifianakis, director Miguel Arteta shows once again
and civil rights advocates and activists who found terrible but redemptive
from Wesleyan University in 1989, he
his flair for dark-streaked comedies; to his credit are not only such indie
meaning in his death. began a prolific career, directing and
features as Star Maps, Chuck and Buck, and The Good Girl but also
producing in television and film. He
The film was produced by Denver-based nonprofit Just Media, whose recent
has been nominated for a plethora of
episodes of Freaks and Geeks, Six Feet Under, and The Office.
contributions to the festival include the highly acclaimed Iron Ladies of
awards, including ALMA Awards for
Liberia (SDFF 30) and They Killed Sister Dorothy (SDFF 31). The soundtrack
Best Director in 1998 and 2000, and was
features music by Navajo composers as well as by rock icon and political
nominated for a Sundance Grand Jury
activist Patti Smith. Two Spirits has been adopted by more than 50 groups
Prize in 2000.
In cooperation with:
for use in programs aimed at violence reduction, suicide prevention, LGBT
Filmography
parents, Families, & Friends
equality, and the promotion of safe schools.
The Good Girl (2002)
of lesbians and gays (pFlAg)
Chuck and Buck (2000)
Denver
WORlD pREMiERE Star Maps (1997)
Sponsored by:
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