Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
Through this experimental short film and densely wrought sensory experience, we are exposed to a myth imagined for Xawiska, a plant used by the Ho-Chunk to recover from a fainting spell.
FAINTING SPELLS
- Sky Hopinka
- 2018
- United States
- 11 min
Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
A meditation on death and reincarnation, this visually and sonically rich film stands as a compelling tribute to Indigenous poet Diane Burns.
I'LL REMEMBER YOU AS YOU WERE NOT AS WHAT YOU'LL BECOME
- Sky Hopinka
- 2016
- United States
- 13 min
Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
On the winding road of a father-son relationship, this personal short weaves a timeless dialogue between the two, narrowing the distance separating them.
JÁAJI APPROX.
- Sky Hopinka
- 2015
- United States
- 8 min
Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
In this touching intergenerational story, the filmmaker’s great-grandmother giving a language lesson to his grandmother in 1972 is a starting point that sparks reflection around knowledge transmission.
KICKING THE CLOUDS
- Sky Hopinka
- 2021
- United States
- 16 min
Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
Inspired by Hollis Frampton’s experimental work Nostalgia, this film plays with notions of sharing traditions and knowledge, while an overhead projector displays fragmented landscapes.
LORE
- Sky Hopinka
- 2019
- United States
- 11 min