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Sun Kissed - Trailer

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Aired: 10/18/2012
02:05
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Rating: NR

When a Navajo couple uncovers a hidden link between their children’s rare genetic disorder and the American government’s conquest of their tribe, their lives are changed forever.

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Sun Kissed - Trailer

A rare genetic disorder changes a Navajo family

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Sun Kissed: Protecting Homes from UV Rays
Michelle Evans Milota, Executive Director of the XP Family Support Group, travels to a house on the Navajo reservation to help a family protect their home from UV rays which would be extremely harmful to their child who has XP.
Sun Kissed: Genetic Bottleneck
Geneticist Robert Erickson describes a theory behind the prevalence of XP on the Navajo reservation.
Sun Kissed: The Long Walk
Dorey and Yolanda meet with a historian to learn more about the Long Walk. The Long Walk was the climax of a brutal war of near-extermination waged against the Navajo people, beginning in 1862 when Americans invaded the Southwest. More than 10,000 Navajos were forced to walk 500 miles—those who could not keep up were shot—and subsequently imprisoned in a camp called Bosque Redondo.
What is XP?
In the documentary 'Sun Kissed,' a Navajo couple searches for answers to why their children have a rare genetic disorder that makes exposure to sunlight fatal. Learn more about xeroderma pigmentosum, otherwise known as XP, and the possible connection it has to the Long Walk, a dark episode in Navajo history.