TULSA – The Philbrook Museum of Art has expanded its mission of creating community through art to include film with its series of events, titled Films at the Museum. It began with a Jan. 30 screening of the documentary “POWWOW PEOPLE,” directed by Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk, Pechenga).
Prior to the screening, a panel including Hopinka, Executive Producer Sterlin Harjo (Seminole, Mvskoke), and Producer and Director of the Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program Adam Piron (Kiowa, Mohawk). During the panel, Hopinka, Piron, and Harjo spoke about why they made the film, the process of organizing the powwow, and taking the film to be screened across the country.
According to the filmmakers, rather than attending an ongoing powwow, they formed their own. They even hosted it early in the week to avoid conflicts with previously scheduled gatherings. The filmmakers invited singers, dancers, drummers, merch and food vendors, and the wider community to take part…