Sky Hopinka in Conversation with Candice Hopkins

Inaugural 2021 Forge Fellow Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians), an award-winning filmmaker and photographer, joined Forge Project executive director Candice Hopkins (Tlingit) for an in-depth conversation on his practice.

Following the conversation, Basilica screened two of Sky Hopinka's films:

Dislocation Blues
Total Run Time: 16:57
HD video, stereo, color
2017
An incomplete and imperfect portrait of reflections from Standing Rock. Cleo Keahna recounts his experiences entering, being at, and leaving the camp and the difficulties and the reluctance in looking back with a clear and critical eye. Terry Running Wild describes what his camp is like, and what he hopes it will become.

Fainting Spells
Total run time: 10:45
HD video, stereo, color
2018
Told through recollections of youth, learning, lore, and departure, this is an imagined myth for the Xąwįska, or the Indian Pipe Plant - used by the Ho-Chunk to revive those who have fainted.