Hopi Kachina Maker – American Indian Film Gathering

Film Details

Title: Hopi Kachina Maker
Year: unknown
Duration: 0:32:32
Director: unknown
Writer: unknown
Producer: unknown
Narrator: An unidentified woman asks the Hopi kachina maker questions
Sponsor: unknown
Audible: Good quality audio, but it is cut strangely at times. It also goes out in the last few minutes of the film
Establishing Shot: Film opens overlooking First Mesa, Village of Walpi. The camera then zooms in and focuses on the homes of the Walpi village.
Major Themes: The meaning of the kachina doll and its significance in Hopi culture.
Individuals Named: Hubert Honanie, Water Clan
Native Languages Spoken: Hopi is sung as the kachina doll is made.
Noteworthy Elements: Good explanation of the significance of the kachina doll for the Hopi, by a Hopi kachina maker as he makes a kachina doll. Mr. Honanie explains the colors and meaning of the different kachina figures, and who the carvers are.
Other: Some of the transitions between frames are awkwardly pieced together. Some of the audio also cuts and breaks off in strange places. For example, the last three minutes of the film is unedited film without sound.

Peoples: Hopi

Tribes: Hopi

Languages: Hopi