FILM POP : xox Wants To Be A Pop Star

Co-presented by PHI

This screening is organized as a prelude to the Indigenous performance art symposium Encore!, taking place at PHI on November 28 and 29, 2026.

80 Minutes, 80 Movies, 80s Music (1999, 30 mins): Re-imagined versions of music videos of 80s songs featuring various friends of Skawennati.

Calico & Camouflage: Assemble! (2025, 3 mins): A protest song with awesome Indigenous avatars wearing fierce threads of calico and camouflage.

Welcome to the Garden (2024, 14 mins): With an original song, this work tells the story of how the Three Sisters, who are cherished characterizations of corn, beans, and squash, became superheroes.

Greetings from Skyworld (2020, 1 min): A looping machinima without dialogue, imagining that a faraway planet did not explode, but was somehow saved, and its people–our ancestors–wish to let us know that they are alright, and that they are still connected to us.

xox Visits the King (2024, 8 mins): xox is Skawennati’s avatar who visits the King of England to explain what’s what.