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2020 Vision Maker Film Festival Date Set

Mark the date and get ready for a week of indigenous culture, movie binge-watching, and popcorn. The Biannual 2020 Vision Maker Film Festival is set for April 22-30, 2020.

Full Circle

Shortly after I started work at Native American Public Telecommunications in 2004, Executive Director Frank Blythe said, “Pack your bags, we’re going to Hawaii!” We had a grant to do a mentorship project with Pacific Islanders in Communications...

Welcome to the Team

Vision Maker Media welcomes Matt Nehe, our new Director of Finance and Administration, to the team. Nehe was hired to take over the finance department when Mary Ann Koehler, the Business and Projects Manager, retires in August.

Indigenous Women's Film Festival Wrap Up

On March 8, Vision Maker Media celebrated International Women’s Day by hosting Indigenous Women’s Films: Six Powerful Films by and about Indigenous Women.

From There to Here

Updates on the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, the APTS (American's Public Television Stations) annual Public Media Summit: A Celebration of Localism and the National Minority Consortia's visit to congress.

VMM Filmmaker Fights an Uphill Battle in Decolonizing the Screen

“My experience has been, at times, overwhelming and terrifying, but at other times, really validating and galvanizing,” Swaney said. “It’s great to know that the world is giving a voice to Indigenous filmmakers.”

NATIVe - Indigenous Cinema

Vision Maker Media will be part of NATIVe – Indigenous Cinema, a market stand at the European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin. It showcases market-ready feature films by Indigenous artists from around the world.

Sundance 2019

Along with our premiere of Words from a Bear, the 2019 Sundance Film Festival was a hot stop for thriving and upcoming Indigenous filmmakers, in Park City, Utah. This year, Sundance featured eight Indigenous Films, in addition to events that focused...

December Upcoming Films

The release dates for these films are approaching fast. Get the latest on our closest films to broadcast.

Dear Viewers

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, this begins the season of storytelling for many Native American Tribes. Native people are storytellers. For generations, our ancestors passed our Indigenous culture on to us through stories shared...

Getting Real '18: Sharon Wahl

Once again we want to thank Vision Maker Media for their support of ALMOST AN ISLAND. Last week VMM sent ISLAND producer Sharon Wahl to L.A. -- Hollywood! -- to attend a conference put on by the International Documentary Association.

Getting Real '18: Native Filmmakers Connect in Hollywood

Native filmmakers from Buffalo Nickel Creative (BNC), an Oklahoma-based multifaceted communications agency, were among participants at the Getting Real ’18 conference Sept. 25-17 in Los Angeles.

Getting Real '18: Nara Garber

At any other time, I probably would have focused more on sessions with a practical bent: fundraising, distribution, etc. This year, I was more interested in issues of personal identity, the relationship between filmmaker and audience, and the...

Getting Real '18: Vision Maker Media

It was nearly impossible to tell whether the stranger passing by was a famous director or a struggling independent filmmaker. Everyone was meshed together, mingling, swapping business cards. Everyone was here for the same reason: Getting Real 2018.

A Crash Course in Documentary Film

Author: 
Alyssa Ranard
Kyle, South Dakota- I strolled into my first day of the Rolling REZ Arts Film Camp at Piya Wiconi not quite sure what to expect. Advertised as “a crash course in documentary-style filmmaking,” the film camp was aimed at young creatives wanting to...

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