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DAWNLAND Wins an Emmy® Award!

The Upstander Project film DAWNLAND won the Emmy® award for Outstanding Research at the 40th annual News and Documentary Awards this week.

Native Youth Media Training Summit

The Native Youth Media Summit is for instructors of youth media programs. Vision Maker Media seeks to provide Native youth with the skills and tools necessary to harness the power of media for Native-driven storytelling and narrative empowerment...

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.”

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