Sky Hopinka Movies

  • 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
  • 2022
    Kicking the Clouds

    Kicking the Clouds

    Kicking the Clouds

    02022HD

    An experimental documentary, Kicking the Clouds is centered on a 50-year-old cassette tape of a Pechanga language lesson between the director’s...

    Kicking the Clouds
  • 1970
    Powwow People

    Powwow People

    Powwow People

    01970HD

    Powwow People is a portrait of a powwow and its participants.

    Powwow People
  • 2021
    Mnemonics of Shape and Reason

    Mnemonics of Shape and Reason

    Mnemonics of Shape and Reason

    02021HD

    “Hopinka’s video Mnemonics of Shape and Reason (2021) traverses the memory of a place and space visited by the artist. Employing an...

    Mnemonics of Shape and Reason
  • 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