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Growing Native Trailer Debuts at the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Native Cinema Showcase

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Mica Valdez
Vision Make Media hosted the first Media for Change Workshop focusing on documentary film and social issues held at the Institute for American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This unique workshop for Native Media Makers and Educators...

Christopher Columbus Statue May Be Erected in Puerto Rico

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Susan Hartmann
Indian Country Today reported in their August 22, 2011, issue that a shunned Columbus statue may be erected in Puerto Rico. The controversial statue of Christopher Columbus, built 20 years ago, was intended to commerate the 500th anniversary of his...

Media For Change Workshop 2011 in Santa Fe by Randy Vasquez

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Randy Vasquez
When I got the invitation to go to Santa Fe from Vision Maker Media to attend the Media For Change Workshop, I thought, “Oh yeah, Santa Fe during Indian Market? Never done that. I’m in.” So along with my girlfriend, Joyce, we arrived that Thursday...

From Abstract Idea to Tangible Plan - Media For Change

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Sharon Linezo Hong
Finally in Post-Production, I can see an end to five years of making my first feature documentary, My Louisiana Love . Now… how will the film help bring forth change for my best friend, co-producer, and main subject, Monique Verdin and her Houma...

The Take Away from LPA

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Jenni Monet
If ever there were a boot camp for emerging filmmakers, the folks at NALIP have laid the groundwork for how things might go: early mornings, late nights, constant networking, and in between, squeezing in sessions of proposal writing, film editing,...

Notes from the Meeting

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Joshua Nelson
It was wonderful to have the chance to meet folks here. Thanks to everyone for the conversations and experience, and I look forward to keeping up the dialogue! Here are my notes: These suggestions concern how discussion guides and lesson plans might...

Feedback on Media for Change

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Shelly Valdez
The training was a wonderful opportunity for bringing educators and film & media makers together to learn from each other's worldview on education outreach through film/media. For the morning session, dividing each group up into professional...

Media for Change Conference

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Patty Loew
My head was swimming with ideas as I left the Media for Change Conference. As a college professor and a documentary producer for Wisconsin Public Television, I straddle both an academic world, where I try to grow the next generation of digital...

Media for Change Conference August 19, 2011

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Cynthia Jeannette Gomez
The workshop with Molly Murphy was excellent! -an amazing source of information and inspiration to direct great films toward powerful and meaningful social change. While I was familiar with Working Films, I honestly didn’t know to what degree they...

Media For Change - August 19

Author: 
Michelle Danforth
Last week, I attended Media for Change and it was a great experience. First off, a big thank you to Vision Maker Media for the opportunity to attend. The following is a recap of the first session of the conference.

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