*only 0.4 % Of Primetime TV & Films have a native character
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 9, 2021 — This year, Vision Maker Media — founded in 1976 as the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium — is celebrating 45 years of engaging Native voices in public media platforms.
“What
began as a film archive to conserve and document Native American
stories has, through the years, transformed into the nation’s
public-media leader in content by and about America’s first people —
Native Americans and Alaska Natives — for public broadcasting,” says
Executive Director Francene Blythe-Lewis (Diné, Sisseton-Wahpeton,
Eastern Cherokee).
With
continuous support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, Vision Maker Media’s mission
empowering and engaging Native people to share their stories remains
meaningful. Currently, Vision Maker Media has 28 projects in various stages of production and 34 films in public-media broadcasting, 5 of which were added in fiscal year 2020.
Vision
Maker Media’s content reaches nearly 90 million Americans on public
television series, including Independent Lens, POV, America ReFramed,
American Masters and others.
NEWS from their website:
Six Native Politicians Currently Serving in Congress
January 27, 2021
Regardless of the party they represent, having first-hand Native voices in positions of power is a victory worth celebrating. Keep reading to learn more about the six Politicians currently serving in congress,
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