Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1984
Original Language:English
Production Companies:IS Productions
Itam Hakim Hopiit on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
hopi
Itam Hakim Hopiit (1984)
Itam Hakim Hopiit which translates as we someone the Hopi is a poetic visualization of Hopi philosophy Made at the time of the Hopi Tricentennial marking 300 years since the 1680 Pueblo Revolt against Spanish colonial rule the film presents a view of Hopi culture and history Speaking in Hopi a community elder shares personal recollections and cultural history recounting stories of the Hopi emergence perseverance and the Bow Clan migration stories of his father Through use of the film medium Masayesva challenges viewers to understand the Hopi conception of time as cyclic in which the world starts ends and starts again
StarringRoss Macaya
DirectorVictor Masayesva Jr.