Sky Hopinka Movies

  • 2021
    In Dreams and Autumn

    In Dreams and Autumn

    In Dreams and Autumn

    02021HD

    The last piece in the constellation of works including Kicking the Clouds, Mnemonics of Shape and Reason, and the text Hello Trouble as well as a...

    In Dreams and Autumn
  • 2018
    Fainting Spells

    Fainting Spells

    Fainting Spells

    5.52018HD

    Told through recollections of youth, learning, lore, and departure, this is an imagined myth for the Xąwįska, or the Indian Pipe Plant -...

    Fainting Spells
  • 2021
    The Island Weights

    The Island Weights

    The Island Weights

    02021HD

    This film is based on the tale of the four water spirits known as Island Weights. In the creation story of Ho-Chunk, the artist’s home nation,...

    The Island Weights
  • 2019
    Electric Snakes

    Electric Snakes

    Electric Snakes

    02019HD

    In Electric Snakes, Adrian C. Louis’s thirteenth poetry collection, no one is spared his critical eye, including himself. These powerful and...

    Electric Snakes
  • 1970
    When I Was a Waterfall

    When I Was a Waterfall

    When I Was a Waterfall

    01970HD

    Examines evolving regional traditions in country/Americana music across Oklahoma, Texas, Washington, and Louisiana.

    When I Was a Waterfall
  • 2016
    I'll Remember You as You Were, Not as What You'll Become

    I'll Remember You as You Were, Not as What You'll Become

    I'll Remember You as You Were, Not as What You'll Become

    5.52016HD

    Texts and performances by the late Indigenous poet Diane Burns bind Sky Hopinka’s dazzling and mysterious blend of original and found sources,...

    I'll Remember You as You Were, Not as What You'll Become
  • 2013
    Trade

    Trade

    Trade

    02013HD

    A deal between two men threatens to unravel as tensions rise in this contemporary look at Indigenous language and culture.

    Trade