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Two Spirit People
Two-Spirited People
United States of America
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English/English
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Interviews with Two-Spirit indigenous people explore the "Berdache" tradition of many indigenous cultures. The tape examines the role played by colonial writing about indigenous peoples in obscuring and distorting this tradition, and touches on the work of Two-Spirit peoples to reclaim traditional gender and sexuality roles.
“Vancouver’s 6th Annual Lesbian & Gay Film/Video Festival.” Out on Screen, 1994.
Created as a student project in the Native American Studies Department of the University of California at Berkeley, this video is an overview of historical and contemporary Native American concepts of gender, sex and sexual orientation. The documentary explores the tradition in which individuals who embody feminine and masculine qualities act as a conduit between the physical and spiritual world, and because of this are placed in positions of power within the community.
“The Second International Transgender Film & Video Festival Program.” London: Alchemy Festival Productions, 1998. Personal Archives.
1997-11-22 1:00 PM
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival
Program 1 (Rated G: children welcome)
1998-09-27 2:00 PM
London International Transgender Film and Video Festival
Two-Spirit People: Native American Visions of Gender-Crossing
2008-11-08 5:00 PM
London Transgender Film Festival
SESSION ONE: shorts program one: GENDER FLUID FRAMES
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