Directed by Victor Masayesva Jr. • 1984 • United States

Made to commemorate the Hopi tricentennial, this groundbreaking work of Native American documentary cinema is a lyrical evocation of Hopi philosophy and mythology told through the storytelling of elder Hopi historian Ross Macaya. Setting his words to poetic imagery, director Victor Masayesva Jr. breaks with ethnographic tradition, seeking not to explain Hopi culture but to immerse viewers in the rich worldview of a people who carry with them a deep reverence for all things and who see themselves as caretakers of the Earth.