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Two Spirits
- Director: Lydia Nibley
- Writer: Russell Martin; Lydia Nibley
- Producer: Henry Ansbacher; Peggy Ensign
CGiii Comment
Lydia Nibley has taken a fascinating subject and delivered an inept film.
Possibly, the ineptness is due to budget and time constraints...but, surely, given the subject matter - she could have come up with something far better than this sloppily pieced together jigsaw.
What was the point of the murder reconstruction? It serves no purpose.
Some of those interviewed were irrelevant and inconsequential to the story - serving simply as padding.
The 'two spirit' philosophy is intriguing - as is native American culture...this film is an amateur snapshot into a culture that would be a magnificent film when put into competent hands.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Filmmaker Lydia Nibley explores the cultural context behind a tragic and senseless murder. Fred Martinez was a Navajo youth slain at the age of 16 by a man who bragged to his friends that he 'bug-smashed a fag'. But Fred was part of an honored Navajo tradition - the 'nadleeh', or 'two-spirit', who possesses a balance of masculine and feminine traits. Through telling Fred's story, Nibley reminds us of the values that America's indigenous peoples have long embraced.