The Native American Media Alliance announced its selections for the inaugural Native American Showrunner Program, sponsored by Bad Robot, Comcast NBCUniversal, National Endowment for the Arts, Pop Culture Collaboration and A+E Networks, in partnership with Kung Fu Monkey Productions. “We are excited to usher in another year of incredible writers for this unique intensive,” said… Read more »
Native American TV Writers Lab Now in it’s seventh year, the Native American TV Writers Lab hosts 8-12 fellows each year in a multi-week lab that provides creative and professional guidance. Native American Feature Film Writers Lab The Native American Feature Film Writers Lab is a 10-week lab that has each participant complete a feature… Read more »
In 2017, the Native Youth Film Workshop returned to our partners in Southern California! We collaborated with the Morongo Tribal TANF and Viejas Band of Kumeyaay. Several youth participated to create numerous new productions. In June, we travelled to Morongo and worked with dozens of youth. Take a look at Day One in Morongo: The… Read more »
In 2021, we hosted several online workshops for filmmaking, animation and anime. Throughout the year, we collaborated with Seven Generations at United American Indian Involvement in Los Angeles. In February, we conducted a Native Youth Anime Workshop that taught 3-D animation software and drawing software. Native youth learned about anime and developed their own anime… Read more »
2016 was a huge year as we worked with eight tribes, tribal organizations and travelled back to Morocco! Native and indigenous youth produced several films, documentaries and more that were showcased at our annual film festival. In June, we expanded our outreach to Oklahoma and collaborated with the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma. Iowa youth produced… Read more »
In 2015, we expanded our workshop to include new tribes and tribal organizations. We partnered with the Morongo Tribal TANF in San Bernardino, CA and the Pauma Band of Luiseno Indians in San Diego, CA. We also continued our partnership with the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay and conducted another film workshop. Morongo Tribal TANF was… Read more »
In 2014, we expanded our workshop to the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay, the Pala Band of Mission Indians, and the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley. The youth produced over fifty films that ranged from drama to comedy to documentary. In July, Native youth from the Pala Band of Mission Indians produced several… Read more »
In 2013, the Native Youth Media and Tech Workshop collaborated with United National Indian Tribal Youth. We worked with several Native youth from around the country to provide a film workshop. Participants worked with film equipment to produce a short piece about their annual youth conference: In October, we travelled to the Colorado River Indian… Read more »
In 2012, the Native Youth Media and Tech Workshop launched its international outreach program! We partnered with the US Embassy and worked with the Amazigh people in Morocco. The Amazigh people of Northern Africa invited us teach our film workshop to their community during their week long festival. We provided three workshops with their film… Read more »
In 2011, our youth media workshop returned to Oklahoma and conducted a program at the Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma. Dozens of youth participated and produced several films about the history of the Tonkawa people, a stop motion animation piece and a hilarious comedy about frybread! Check out production pics below: The Sac and Fox Nation… Read more »
