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
  • 2019
    Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer

    Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer

    Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer

    02019HD

    An exploration of Fort Marion, the US fort where Native American prisoners of war were placed.

    Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer
  • 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
  • 2019
    When you're lost in the rain

    When you're lost in the rain

    When you're lost in the rain

    02019HD

    In this video drawing from Bob Dylan's song "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," layers of experiences circling loss and longing are overlaid between...

    When you're lost in the rain