Film Screening with Sky Hopinka

The HRM presents a screening of maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore (2020), an experimental feature exploring the Chinookan origin of death myth from the Pacific Northwest. Following the 80-minute screening, filmmaker and visual artist Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) will discuss the film in a Q&A. In 2022, Hopinka received a MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ Fellowship for his work, which blends poetry, film, and Indigenous perspectivism to explore the intersections of language and landscape. Capacity is limited; advance reservation recommended.

“Meditative and beautifully photographed, Hopinka’s film is a lush exploration of afterlife, rebirth, and the place in-between.” —SFFILM Festival

“Hopinka subtly inverts the tropes of the ethnographic documentary to depict indigenous life from an indigenous perspective.” —Cayley James, Cinema Scope

Supported in part by the Anita K. Hersh Philanthropic Foundation, Freedom View Foundation, and Ellen Kozak. 

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