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• Title:First Stories - Two Spirited / directed by: Sharon A. Desjarlais ; produced by: Bonnie Thompson, Derek Mazur ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal).
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Desjarlais, Sharon A., film director.
  Thompson, Bonnie, film producer.
  Mazur, Derek, film producer.
  NFB Campus Collection.
  National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), film producer.
  
• Published/Created:Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2010.
  ©2007
  

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• Library of Congress Subjects:Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.
  
• Genre/Form:Documentary films.
  
• Description:1 online resource (1 video file (6 min., 47 sec.)) : sound
  
• Terms governing use:Restrictions: Educational use and Personal use.
  
• Credits:Writer, Sharon A. Desjarlais ; director, Sharon A. Desjarlais ; cinematographer, Patrick McLaughlin ; sound recordist, Stan Jackson ; picture editor, Paul Mortimer ; sound edit, Frank Laratta ; original music, Bull Horn ; producer, Bonnie Thompson ; executive producer, Derek Mazur.
  
• Cast:Participant, Rodney "Geeyo" Poucette, Tomasina Poucette, Valentina Fox, Trish Chiniki.
  
• Summary:This short documentary presents the empowering story of Rodney "Geeyo" Poucette's struggle against prejudice in the Indigenous community as a two spirited person (gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender). Geeyo registers as a dancer in the Kamloopa Powwow under the Jingle Dress category (normally reserved for women). Deeply humiliated by a misguided elder, Geeyo is reminded by his grandmother that two spirited people were once respected and honoured for their spiritual gifts. Geeyo eventually makes a triumphant return to the powwow arena, realizing that the only way to change people's minds is to walk proudly while being true to one's spirit.
  
• Local note:Leased collection. Future access is not guaranteed. For French versions select "français" in the lefthand panel.
  
• Notes:Aboriginal filmmaker.
  Agency - English program: North West Centre.
  Recorded 2007.
  Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2021-07-22).