Film Screening with Sky Hopinka

The BMA presents a screening of maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore (2020), directed by Sky Hopinka, followed by a talk with the filmmaker. maɬni (pronounced: moth-nee) follows Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier’s wanderings through each of their worlds as they wonder through and contemplate the afterlife, rebirth, and the place in-between. Spoken mostly in chinuk wawa, their stories are departures from the Chinookan origin of death myth, with its distant beginning and circular shape. Total run time is 80:21. This film screening is presented in conjunction with Don’t wait for me, just tell me where you’re going, a series of short experimental films by Native artists selected by guest curator Sky Hopinka as part of the wide-reaching BMA initiative Preoccupied: Indigenizing the Museum. Screening courtesy of Grasshopper Film. Accessible seating and assistive listening devices are available for this program.