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PIFF 42 Official Selection

Fainting Spells

Directed by Sky Hopinka

Ho-Chunk Nation • 2018 • 11 mins.

Told through recollections of youth, learning, lore, and departure, this is an imagined myth for the Xąwįska, or the Indian Pipe Plant—used by the Ho-Chunk to revive those who have fainted.

Appears in: 42nd Portland International Film Festival