Deadline: 1 July 2024
The Vision Maker Media invites proposals for projects intended for Public Media that represent the cultures, experiences, and values of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
The Vision Maker Media is seeking programs in many genres including documentary, performance, cultural/public affairs and animation. Programs submitted to this solicitation must be intended for national public television broadcast. Assignment of exclusive broadcast rights, off-air recording rights, educational, home video, foreign distribution, and Internet broadcasting rights are included in the Vision Maker Media Production License Agreement. The Vision Maker Media Public Television Program Fund is made possible by funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
PrioritiesÂ
- Quantity and quality of Native American participation in creative, technical, and advisory personnel.
- Power of the program to illuminate the Native American experience.
- Originality of concept and style.
- Potential interest to a national audience.
Eligibility Criteria
- Works by independent film or video makers. Works produced by independents in association with a station or an organization. The producer or production entity must retain the copyright and have artistic, budgetary, and editorial control over the proposed program.
Ineligible
- Student productions such as thesis films.
- Industrial or promotional programs.
- Programs for which the exclusive public television broadcast rights are not available.
For more information, visit Vision Maker Media.
