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My 4th World Media Lab Journey

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My 4th World Media Lab Journey

October 28, 2025

A Diné and Salvadorian Two Spirit writer, producer, photographer, and storyteller from L.A., Steph Viera writes about their experience as a 4th World Media Lab fellow. The program is a year-long fellowship for emerging and mid-career Indigenous filmmakers, providing opportunities to develop filmmaking skills and networks through festival participation, hands-on training, masterclasses, workshopping projects in development, pitch activities, and meetings with funders and other industry decision-makers.

Festival, News

Connecting Across Nā Mauna and Mountains: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and the 4th World Media Lab

April 16, 2025

Native Hawaiian filmmaker and 4th World Media Lab fellow Kekama Amona shares their experience as one of six Indigenous filmmakers at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, 2025.

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