For those of you who've been waiting to get your hands on a physical program guide, your wait is over! Current issues of The Bridge are out now. The center section contains the program. The Bridge also has a couple of articles about the festival and recommended viewing. The newspaper is free in various locaitons throughout Central Vermont. Many thanks to The Bridge for their generous support of the festival!
Special Screening: POWWOW PEOPLE dir Sky Hopinka
USA | 2025 | Documentary | 88 min | English | Vermont Premiere
FRIDAY, MARCH 13 | 3:15 PM | CAPITOL
Mesmerizing and overflowing with spiritual vitality, Sky Hopinka’s Powwow People follows a day-long gathering of Native people from sunrise to sunset. The powwow flashes across the screen as rich patterns and textures, the rhythms of the drums, the movements of the bodies, the vibrant colors, the pride tones, and the humble tones, and the joy tones, the voice of the caller, and at the center of it all, the dance. Powwow People is a proclamation of love for living traditions, testifying to the eternal spirit of humanity. It is a spellbinding reverie. It is a triumph.
This special screening is a late addition that we just added to the schedule this afternoon. We are thrilled to be able to offer this documentary and hope you can find time to watch it with us.
What our screeners are saying:
"This is definitely a film that needs to be watched on a big screen in the dark to fully be immersed in it."
"Wow, just wow wow wow."
"stunning, intimate, immersive"
POWWOW PEOPLE is sponsored in part by Liberation Ecosystem
Thanks to Montpelier Alive and the Montpelier Business Association for their support of this festival. Montpelier Alive is our downtown organization that works to promote tourism and economic vitality to the smallest state capital! Please support the businesses listed on the back of the festival program and let them know you appreciate their support.
