Malni - Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore

[7] Sky Hopinka is a fascinating filmmaker for a number of reasons. Not only is he one of the most prominent experimental filmmakers of the moment; he is also probably the highest-profile Indigenous media artist currently working in the United States. There is a long…

Michael Sicinski

An interesting film of native life that combines the past, the mythology and present day life. Probably not for people who tell everyone what their spirit animal is. Instead it has a a view of a history based around a specific mythology that includes the importance or…

Paul Thomas

Sky Hopinka past the horizon and paints the face of personal in poetry over the sea, waterfalls, forests.

Cheri

“A long way he comes, a long way she goes, across the ocean, across the land. As he says goodbye, she says hello. They meet in this middle place, somewhere between now and nowhere.” This is not a documentary in the typical sense as ostensibly it doesn’t have a specific…

AntoniusBlock7

So good to see the PNW and blazers fans in film!

Carter Dyck

What I enjoy the most about Sky Hopinka's work is his use of post-production (namely visual effects and colour grading) in relation to landscape and the "natural". I think of the last minute of Fainting Spells, where travel between states of consciousness, through processes…

Theresa Wang

towards the ocean, towards the shore did not resonate with me. Some of the nature photography is nice. The stories of family and community were fine. It's just, overall the flick felt kind of flat and drawn out. Me and this movie definitely operate on different wavelengths.

LordSlaw

Stellar color grading that brings out a ripeness to the surfaces. Feels like a meet cute between the experimental and a post-Parasite world where subtitles themselves have a new significance for the audience and its presence on top of an image. I don't know how Sky Hopinka…

JulesLarson

I really liked this because it's a documentary that is able to present itself like a film. Having been born and raised in the northwest, I really appreciated being to see a film made about Chinookan culture. There are stunningly beautiful images that feel really cinematic.…

evilbjork