Tragedy, Discrimination are Topics of Movie Showing August 30

Join the San Diego American Indian Health Center and Parent Outreach and Engagement, Title VII Indian Education Program, to watch a powerful movie, Two Spirits. It is based on a true story of a 16-year-old Navajo youth’s life and death. It is being presented in partnership with Tribal-TANF, Indian Human Resource Center and Soaring Eagles.

When: Thursday, August 30
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Where: Ballard Parent Center in Old Town
2375 Congress Street, San Diego, CA 92110.
Details: In the tradition of the Native American culture, dinner Where: will be provided and potluck is always welcomed!

For more information please contact Christopher Scott, Health Center Coordinator at 619-234-2158, ext. 111.

Please note the serious topics addressed in this movie.
About the movie. Two Spirits interviews 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 16. Between tradition and controversy, sex and spirit, and freedom and fear, lives the truth—the bravest choice you can make is to be yourself.