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Films at the Museum: Powwow People
Introduction from Loren Waters (Cherokee/Kiowa) followed by panel program with films’s Producer Adam Piron (Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma and Mohawk), Director Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) and Executive Producer Sterlin Harjo (Seminole Nation).
Hopinka’s film is not a detached observation but an intimate, cinematic assertion of sovereignty, inviting audiences into the vibrant orbit of a powwow. Eschewing conventional documentary, the film uses atmospheric precision to open intimate spaces with dancers, singers, and drummers, braiding memory, motion, and cultural resonance across the arc of a single day, culminating in a mesmeric 30-minute unbroken shot of a Northern Traditional dance special. A multidisciplinary artist who has reshaped Indigenous cinema, Hopinka consciously co-organized the powwow for the film, subverting the extractive lens of ethnography to create a collaboration that is, in essence, a powwow in cinematic form.
Community Partner Tulsa Film Collective + Support from Waters Media
$10 Member
FREE Member Youth (17 & Under)
$15 Adult
$10 Youth (13-17)
$5 Youth (12 & Under)
*All tickets include general admission to museum & gardens.
**This indoor screening will take place in the Patti Johnson Wilson Auditorium. See front desk for directions.
6:30 PM: Auditorium Doors Open
7:00 PM: Program Begins
9:00 PM: Program Concludes
Accessibility
Open Caption (on-screen subtitles)
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ASL interpretation is available upon request with two weeks notice at 918-748-5300 or [email protected].
Event Links
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3424534-0
