maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore
Total run time: 80:21
HD video, stereo, color
2020
(pronounced: moth-nee)
This film 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.
Featuring: Sweetwater Sahme, Jordan Mercier, Sky Hopinka
Produced by: Sky Hopinka, Crystal Erlendson, Steve Holmgren
Camera, Sound Edit: Sky Hopinka
Music: Thad Kellstadt
Distributed by Grasshopper Films.
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