Powwow People is a feature-length documentary inviting viewers into the world of contemporary Native American powwow culture. Told through the poetic lens of visual artist and filmmaker Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk/Pechanga), the film is an intimate portrait of a Native American powwow organized, hosted, and documented through the production of this film.
Adam Piron
Adam Piron (Producer) is a filmmaker based in Southern California. He's a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, a Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) descendant and was raised in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition to his filmmaking, he is the Director of Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program, and a member of the Sundance Film Festival’s Short Film Programming Team. Piron has served on competition juries and panels for film festivals such as imagineNATIVE Film Festival, Big Sky Documentary Film festival, Maoriland Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Hot Springs Film Festival, and Art House Convergence. He has served as a mentor for the Whistler Film Festival's Aboriginal Filmmaker Fellowship and as a NATIVe Partner Representative at the Berlin International Film Festival. He has also guest programmed showcases of Native Cinema at the Borscht Film Festival and the Eastern Oregon Film Festival and has also been a reader for Creative Capital.
