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Fainting Spells

Name: Fainting Spells
Released: 2018
Duration: 10 min

English / 2018 / 10m

Not streamingNot currently on the Criterion Channel.

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Synopsis

Told through recollections of youth, learning, lore, and departure, this is an imagined myth for the Xąwįska, or the Indian Pipe Plant - used by the Ho-Chunk to revive those who have fainted.

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Credits

Crew

DirectorSky Hopinka

WriterSky Hopinka

Cast

Jordan Mercier