Sunflower Siege Engine

Sunflower Siege Engine

13 mins | Documentary | Jan. 19, 2023

Moments of resistance are collapsed and woven together; from documentation of the Indigenous led occupation of Alcatraz, to the reclamation of Cahokia and the repatriation of the ancestors, to one’s reflections on their body as they exist in the world today, These are gestures that meditate on the carceral inception and nature of the reservation system, and where sovereignty and belligerence intersect and diverge.

Sunflower Siege Engine

13 mins | Documentary | Jan. 19, 2023

Sunflower Siege Engine
Moments of resistance are collapsed and woven together; from documentation of the Indigenous led occupation of Alcatraz, to the reclamation of Cahokia and the repatriation of the ancestors, to one’s reflections on their body as they exist in the world today, These are gestures that meditate on the carceral inception and nature of the reservation system, and where sovereignty and belligerence intersect and diverge.
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Original title Sunflower Siege Engine
Directors Sky Hopinka
Writers Sky Hopinka

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