Sky Hopinka Movies

  • 2020
    Lore

    Lore

    Lore

    72020HD

    Images of landscapes are cut and fragmented, as a hand guides their shape and construction. The voice tells a story about a not too distant past, and...

    Lore
  • 2014
    Wawa

    Wawa

    Wawa

    42014HD

    Featuring speakers of Chinuk Wawa, an Indigenous language from the Pacific Northwest, WAWA begins slowly, patterning various forms of documentary and...

    Wawa
  • 2015
    Venite et Loquamur

    Venite et Loquamur

    Venite et Loquamur

    52015HD

    A group of students and teachers gather in an historical mansion in the woods of West Virginia for a week-long retreat in spoken Latin. I observe...

    Venite et Loquamur
  • 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
  • 2015
    Visions of an Island

    Visions of an Island

    Visions of an Island

    52015HD

    An Unangam Tunuu elder describes cliffs and summits, drifting birds, and deserted shores. A group of students and teachers play and invent games...

    Visions of an Island
  • 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
  • 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