MOVIES - Sept. 19, 1990

Reservations: A film crew started shooting the movie “The Dark Wind” on the Hopi and Navajo reservations in northern Arizona on Monday, despite threats of a blockade by leaders of a Hopi village. The film includes aspects of Hopi and Navajo beliefs and customs, some of which the Hopis consider to be secret. Leaders of the Hopi village of Shungopavi claimed after reviewing the script that its portrayal of Hopi secret religious ceremonies is sacrilegious. Tribal officials had given permission for the movie to be filmed on the reservation, saying they had been given assurances by the production company that it would not be sacrilegious.