Mother Tongue Media – Mother Tongue Media, part of the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, connects and cultivates a multilingual community of cultural organizations, media-makers, and their audiences through year-round collaborative efforts, outreach, and public engagement activities that are dedicated to amplifying mother tongues through a variety of digital media.

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imagineNATIVE – As the world’s largest presenter of Indigenous screen content, imagineNATIVE is committed to creating a greater understanding of Indigenous peoples and cultures through the presentation of contemporary Indigenous-made media art including film, video, audio and digital media. They are a registered charity, whose work includes the annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, year-round programming such as their Tour Program, and professional development opportunities for Indigenous creatives through the imagineNATIVE Institute.

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View their list of Other Indigenous Festivals

Array Crew – Created by Ava DuVernay, Array Crew exists to support systemic changes in the below-the-line hiring practices of the film and television industry and to connect underrepresented crew members to hiring managers who practice inclusive outreach. They aim to be a resource for executives and hiring managers throughout Hollywood amid the ongoing push for more inclusive crews.

Asian American Documentary Network (A-DOC) – A-Doc is a national network that works to increase the visibility and support of Asian Americans in the documentary field who have come together as one, multi-generational force to advocate for their vital presence in the field. They aspire to help other Asian American documentarians partner with community organizations and educators, and foster collaboration among the filmmaker community.

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Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BGDM) – Brown Girls Doc Mafia advocates for women and non-binary people of colour working in the documentary film industry around the world. They fight inequality by building community and sharing resources, nourishing creative brilliance, demanding access and visibility in creative and professional environments, enriching their community with the knowledge to  sustain themselves financially, and by cutting through oppressive industry structures to advocate for their members.

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Cherokee Nation Film Office – The mission of the Cherokee Nation Film Office is to increase the presence of Native Americans in every level of the film and television industries, while creating opportunities for economic development and jobs in the Cherokee Nation.

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Indigenous Talent Database – The Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) has partnered with Access Reelworld to provide the Indigenous Talent Database. This is a component of a larger searchable recruiting platform for BIPOC creatives in the screen industry in North America. This is the place for First Nations, Inuit and Métis screen industry professionals to share their profiles, and for industry hiring managers to use it in their search efforts.
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Indigenous Photograph – This database consists of working storytellers on Turtle Island (North America) and is available to photo editors, creative directors, and those who routinely hire photographers. Indigenous Photograph is a space to elevate the work of Indigenous visual journalists and support the media industry in hiring more Indigenous photographers to tell the stories of their communities and to reflect on how we tell these stories.

The Shine Network – Created by Jennifer Podemski, The Shine Network offers a digital cinema space for content created by Indigenous women and a professional development incubator for Indigenous women pursuing a career in the film, television and media industry. It is a direct response to the chronic underrepresentation of Indigenous women on-screen and behind the camera in Canada’s media production sector. 
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