Małni – Towards the ocean, Towards the Shore
A Viewing Opportunity and Livestreamed Q&A
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival
Available for streaming on Sparq through April 28, MMFF invites you to watch the film and join for a livestream Q&A with Sky Hopinka together with Jacqueline Urla and Laura McGough, which will take place Wednesday, March 9 at 7:30pm on Facebook and YouTube.
Małni – Towards the ocean, Towards the Shore the debut feature film by Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk/Pechanga) follows Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier as they wander through nature and the spirit world, contemplating their afterlife, rebirth, and death. Spoken mostly in chinuk wawa, this experimental documentary offers a poetic inquiry into the death myth of the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest. Hopinka’s signature lush visual imagery and captivating sound design combine to create a portrait of the natural world and its cycles of life and death. (2020, Sky Hopinka, USA, 82 min, in English and Chinuk Wawa w/ English subtitles)
Click either platform to livestream the Q&A: Facebook or YouTube.