Kicking the Clouds

Duration: 15 min
Release date: 2022-01-20
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An experimental documentary, Kicking the Clouds is centered on a 50-year-old cassette tape of a Pechanga language lesson between the director’s grandmother and great-grandmother, and contextualized by an interview with his mother in his Pacific Northwest hometown.

Documentary

Kicking the Clouds

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Sky Hopinka
Sky Hopinka
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