Drunktown's Finest

Director: Sydney Freeland

Runtime: 93 minutes

USA 2013

English and Navajo with English subtitles

Brattle Theatre

Drunktown’s Finest is a feature film about Gallup, New Mexico. Nizhoni was adopted and raised as a Christian by a white family, transsexual Felixxia dreams of becoming a model, and Sickboy is headed to basic training. We observe the Navajo Nation from the inside out through the eyes of these three unlikely characters. At first our preconceptions are reinforced, but slowly, as each of their lives unfolds, we confront the reality of living in this community, and we see these three aspiring to leave their town behind.