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. Read More... about Getting Real '18: Sharon Wahl
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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... Read More... about Getting Real '18: Nara Garber
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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. Read More... about Getting Real '18: Vision Maker Media
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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... Read More... about A Crash Course in Documentary Film
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Q. Why is it important to have films created, written, and produced by Natives in today’s media? A. Looking from the outside in doesn't tell the whole story. Films created, written and produced by Native filmmakers tell the story from the inside out... Read More... about Sousa on the Rez - Cathleen O'Connell
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Whenever Vision Maker Media gathers its producers and content creators in one place, it is always very inspiring. What a wonderful way to keep up with the latest awesome projects in the production pipeline. The Vision Maker Media Producers Workshop... Read More... about Producers Workshop/NAMAC Conference
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This session was presented as a three-hour clinic. We began our session with introductions and a question prompt of “What is ‘home’?” Each participant shared, with one even highlighting that where she lived wasn’t her ‘home’. This was a perfect... Read More... about What Is Home?
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We were invited by Producer Debra White Plume to present our current project and train participants on media activism as part of the Moccassins on the Ground 3-day frontline activism training, which took place in Manderson, SD in March. Read More... about The Role of Documentary in a Movement
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The month of February found me back at the Ponca tribal community of White Eagle working with the students to create a video for the American Graduate Film festival. The video is to address the festival theme is, the dropout crisis in America. The... Read More... about The contest is on…
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Hensci! This February, I was blessed with the opportunity to travel up to Alaska to film the latest episode of Growing Native. This trip would be the first of two as host Chris Eyre explores Alaska and all its Native cultures has to offer. I’m sure... Read More... about Fairbanks in February
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Even though nearly all of 1973 America knew of the occupation of the little village of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation and came to know of the atrocious conditions under which many of the Lakota people lived out their lives, time has... Read More... about Wounded Knee 1973
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