Dedicated to Our Mission
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.
What We Do
The Premiere source of public media by and about Native Americans for 45 years
Vision Maker Media works with VMM funded producers to develop, produce and distribute programs for all public media. We support training to increase the number of American Indians and Alaska Natives producing public broadcasting programs. A key strategy for this work is in partnerships with Tribal nations, Indian organizations and Native communities. Reaching the national public and a global market is the ultimate goal for the dissemination of Native public media that shares Native perspectives with the world.
We bring Indigenous storytelling to your home through community-based digital events, social media feeds and online film programs.
Nurturing Youth
We nurture the next generation of storytellers through partnerships with sustainable Native youth media training programs.
Mentorship & Funding
We provide Native filmmakers with professional workshops, funding, internships and mentorship programs.
Education
We help educators effectively cover present-day and historical Native topics through free viewer discussion guides.
Who watches Native Media?
Vision Maker Media fans and media consumers spread vastly across the United States and even worldwide, reaching younger and older audiences alike. Unique Native American tribes, cultures, histories and stories can be found everywhere and can be enjoyed by all age groups.
2020-2021 audience geography
News & Updates
What's New
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