Eva Knowles

Wide Blue Yawn is a poetic dive into the spiritual landscape at the mouth of the Columbia River, filmmaker Eva Knowles explores the metaphysical alchemy which has transformed the rich indigenous culture and wilderness of her beloved Pacific Northwest into the disordered and dissociative present moment. Shot with nostalgic camcorder and narrated by the filmmaker, the tone remains mellow and intimate as Knowles examines the relics of a decaying culture; elegantly stitching seemingly disparate themes from the fur trade to the yogurt aisle, finding poignant truths and unexpected, beguiling connections across time.