Vision Maker Media – The Premiere Source of Media By and About Native Americans

Vision Maker Film Festival "TOGETHER"

It's A Wrap! Our showcase of the best in Native American and Alaska Native films received 175K views!

Nearly $1.2 Million In Direct Support To Native Films

Vision Maker Media funds nearly $1.2 Million in direct support to Native films and announces its 2022 list of new film projects for public broadcasting, and short films.

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The Frank Blythe Legacy

Vision Maker Media's Founding Executive Director

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2022 Vision Maker Media Producers Summit

The summit was open with free registration to filmmakers who wanted to learn about Vision Maker Media and other opportunities in public media. The summit was held in Lincoln, Nebraska, April 28-30.

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The premier source of public media
by and about Native Americans
for over 45 years.

Vision Maker Media’s mission is empowering and engaging Native people to share stories. We envision a world changed and healed by understanding Native stories and the public conversations they generate. We work with VMM funded producers to develop, produce and distribute programs for all public media. VMM supports training to increase the number of Native Americans and Alaska Natives producing public broadcasting programs.

Donor Impact

Here are some highlights of what has been accomplished so far in 2022 with financial support from friends like you whose donations contributed to:

Creating 128 films available via DVD and/or streaming

Bringing 36 films to your local PBS station for viewing

Sharing our films over 42,800 times on public television stations nationwide

Hosting 99 filmmakers during VMM’s first Filmmaker Summit

Together we can help change and heal the world by better understanding Native stories!

Donor Impact

Here are some highlights of what has been accomplished so far in 2022 with financial support from friends like you whose donations contributed to:

Creating 128 films available via DVD and/or streaming
Bringing 36 films to your local PBS station for viewing
Sharing our films over 42,800 times on public television stations nationwide
Hosting 99 filmmakers during VMM’s first Filmmaker Summit

Together we can help change and heal the world by better understanding Native stories!