Public Media Fund and Creative Shorts Fellowship
Vision Maker Media funds three (3) Public Media Fund projects and one (1) Creative Shorts Fellowship project totaling $105,000 in funding support.
Throughout the year, submissions are processed for panel review in the following rounds:
1. March 31
2. June 30
3. September 30, and
4. December 31
All funded projects are approved by the Vision Maker Media Board of Directors, followed by an announcement. Quarter 3 funding totals $80,000 for the Public Media Fund and $25,000 for the Creative Shorts Fellowship. The Vision Maker Media Public Media Fund provides restricted funding for film and media projects meant for public television.
We are vision makers: public media indigenous stories
FILMMAKER
Darrell Hillaire
(Lummi)
SCHA’NEXW ELHTAL’NEXW SALMON PEOPLE: PRESERVING A WAY OF LIFE
This film is inspired by the late Chexanexh Larry Kinley, a Lummi Nation fisherman and tribal leader who worked to protect wild salmon and promote tribal sovereignty.
Supporting POST-PRODUCTION/COMPLETION
FILMMAKER
Brenda Fisher
(Yakama Nation Descendant)
reservation redemption
A Native American boy’s journey to find his identity led him to embrace his culture and discover his true power in helping people.
Supporting RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
FILMMAKER
Charles Perry
(Prairie Band Potawatomi)
Spirit Plate with pyet despain
This film follows Pyet DeSpain (Prairie Potawatomi Nation) on an amazing journey as she sets out to explore Native American and Indigenous food culture.
Supporting RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
FILMMAKER
Steven Hoggard
Next generation of vision Makers: creative short indigenous stories
Fellow: Sabrina Saleha (Navajo)
Legend of fry-roti
A yuppie niece confronts her identity during a baseball game with a racist Native American mascot, while her Navajo and Bengali aunties engage in a high-stakes bread-making competition where she ultimately discovers the power of family, unity and dough-mestic harmony.
