COUSIN is a collective supporting Indigenous artists expanding the form of film. Founded by Sky Hopinka, Adam Khalil, @ALazarowich and @adam_piron.

Joined January 2020
Presented with the generous support of @FordFoundation Just Films, we are thrilled to announce our support for CYCLE III, our third cohort of Indigenous artists working within the experimental and avant-garde spaces of film and art. bit.ly/3NTNuB2
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Out now via Hopinka and @adam_piron's COUSIN COLLECTIVE @cousinorg!!
Really excited to share this conversation between Michael Sicinski and Sky Hopinka about his new feature "Powwow People" on the @InRO Substack -- available for free! api.omarshehata.me/substack-…
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COUSIN is proud to announce that we will be theatrically distributing Sky Hopinka’s latest feature film POWWOW PEOPLE! Our first screenings run @BAMfilmBrooklyn from 9/11-9/17. Tickets: bam.org/film/2026/powwow-peo… More news on upcoming screenings are coming soon!
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This past weekend, we held the first of a new series of our artist-facing endeavors: a 16mm filmmaking workshop in Honolulu for Native Hawaiian and Indigenous artists, led by Sky Hopinka and @adam_piron
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Participants were given cameras and equipment to test shoot different film stocks throughout the day with a demonstration showing the basics of camera loading, light meters, and using different lenses.
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We can’t wait to see the footage from this weekend and thanks to our participants for being a part of this. Stay tuned for upcoming workshops and events this year! Thank you @macfound for their very generous support in making our public programming efforts possible!
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Happy Native American Heritage Day! Check out this new book available at our bookstore... TEMPORAL TERRITORIES: AN ANTHOLOGY ON INDIGENOUS EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA bit.ly/4ePLC6K Edited by @cousinorg & published by Light Industry
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NEW YORK: This Saturday at 7:30pm, our east coast launch of our book Temporal Territories is going down at Light Industry. Come see films by @raven_chacon, a reading by Lou Cornum, and a screening of Shelley Niro’s HONEY MOCCASIN lightindustry.org/cousin
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Copies of Temporal Territories will be for sale at the event. Tickets - Pay what you can ($10 suggested donation), available at door. Seating is limited. First-come, first-served. Box office opens at 7pm. No entry 10 mins after start of show. lightindustry.bigcartel.com/…
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(早速予約した!昨今無視できない盛り上がりをみせる、COUSINを中心としたアメリカ先住民系実験映画について知るには最良のテキストになりそうな予感✨)
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Looking forward to diving into this, courtesy of @lightindustry and @cousinorg
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COUSIN Collective (@cousinorg) and @lightindustry are now accepting preorders for "Temporal Territories: An Anthology on Indigenous Experimental Cinema," a first-of-its-kind collection. Discover this week’s essential film finds in the latest Rushes. mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/r…
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Thank you to all who came out to our sold-out reading and screening of Sky Hopinka’s Denizens of Hell and SUBTERRANEAN MOON at Now Instant Image Hall. Stay tuned for more events on the horizon 🖤
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LOS ANGELES: on 9/28, we’ll be hosting our next screening at Now Instant Image Hall with Sky Hopinka and his @inpatientpress release Denizens of Hell. A single-channel version of his latest, SUBTERRANEAN MOON, will screen with a live reading now-instant.la/events/denize…
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Thank you to everyone who came out to our screening last night at Now Instant Image Hall of Victor Masayesva, Jr.’s ITAM HAKIM, HOPIIT and @exovedate_ltd’s STE. ANNE! Keep an eye out for future screenings soon! 🖤🎞️🖤
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for anyone coming to the @cousinorg double feature screening tomorrow at Now Instant, you’ll get one of these programs we’ve made featuring a translation + visual guide to ITAM HAKIM, HOPIIT and some notes on STE. ANNE by @storebrandbrown. 🎟️ here 👉🏽bit.ly/3Vyqavq
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LA: join @cousinorg Saturday at Now Instant Image Hall for a double bill, featuring Victor Masayesva. Jr.'s ITAM HAKIM, HOPIIT (1984). this will be the debut of a newly remastered, Hopi language version of the film. it's a true rarity and not to be missed! bit.ly/3Vyqavq
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This Saturday! Los Angeles, please come by to see some films and join me and Victor Masayesva Jr in conversation.
LOS ANGELES: this Saturday at Now Instant Image Hall, @cousinorg is holding the first of a quarterly screening series of new, classic, and rare gems of Indigenous Cinema. More info and tickets below 👇 bit.ly/3Vyqavq
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My latest #videoessay, about a vital work of contemporary experimental film, The Sun Quartet, by @zonaingravida, a work of protest against corruption and genocide. Available now @artandtrash_
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very excited for this!!
On 6/29 in LA, COUSIN presents a double feature at Now Instant Image Hall of ITAM HAKIM, HOPIIT (dir. Victor Mesayesva, Jr., 1984) and STE. ANNE (dir. Rhayne Vermette @exovedate_ltd, 2021) followed by a conversation with both artists in attendance. eventbrite.com/e/itam-hakim-…
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