In this week's featured Vision Maker Media film, visit the largest Native American community in the nation -- the city of Los Angeles. The Indian Country Diaries series goes inside modern Native American communities to reveal a diverse people working to revitalize their culture while improving the social, physical, and spiritual health of their people. … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks – Indian Country Diaries: A Seat at the Drum

Braced for January snow and ice? 2017's first featured Vision Maker Film is "Games of the North," which explores the world of traditional Inuit sports in the frozen Arctic. The film focuses on four modern Inuit athletes as they travel through Alaska to compete in games of mental strength and physical endurance. Acrobatic and explosive, … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Games of the North

It's been a rough year for many, but you've still got to laugh. 2016's last featured Vision Maker Media film is "Harold of Orange," a comedy-satire by Anishanaabe poet and scholar Gerald Vizenor that takes on the bureaucracy of business between two important Minnesota groups -- American Indians and philanthropic foundations. Charlie Hill stars as Harold, … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Harold of Orange

Happy holidays from Vision Maker Media! This week we're sharing two animated specials from the archives: "Native American Night Before Christmas" and "Twelve Days of Native Christmas." Written and directed by Choctaw and Cherokee author Gary Robinson, with illustrations by Cherokee artist Jesse T. Hummingbird, these five-minute films bring a Native American perspective to Yuletide … Continue reading Forty Years, Forty Films, Forty Weeks: Native American Night Before Christmas and Twelve Days of Native Christmas