Shimmering

Shimmering (dir. Matte Hewitt, 2025)

Total Run Time: 20:21

HD video, stereo, color

A poetic documentary essay that moves with Hummingbird as a luminous guide through place-based ways of knowing. The filmmaker learns about Central California Native Land and culture with Kanyon “Coyote Woman” Sayers-Roods, Mutsun Ohlone activist, artist, educator, and current Chairwoman of Indian Canyon Nation. Threading together interwoven narratives and learning lessons from Coyote, the film also traces the entanglement between the study of hummingbird biology and the rise of military drone technology, offering a multispecies perspective on knowledge, power, and kinship.