We are a digital film and multimedia company working in alliance with indigenous communities to document the rich heritage of their cultures. As a storytelling collective, we work in direct collaboration with indigenous communities, through a community-based participatory framework, to produce ethnographic films and multimedia content. Together we work hand-in-hand with different communities so they can share their voices, wisdom, and knowledge with the world.
As a multimedia production company and documentary storytelling collective, we are dedicated to working in direct collaboration with traditional indigenous communities to create the stories they want to share with the world. As a team, we fundamentally believe that the community members know what is best for themselves and their families. Therefore, our overarching goal is to facilitate a bottom-up approach to the creation of multimedia content and ethnographic documentary storytelling. In this light, we see ourselves as the driving technical force working hand-in-hand with the communities to train them in the technical side of multimedia production while we collaborate together to bring their creative visions to life.
Our long-term commitment is therefore always to the traditional indigenous communities themselves. We strive to produce digital and ethnographic content that is spearheaded by the community members and driven by their individual and collective creative visions. The content Indigimedia produces in collaboration with these traditional communities is based on and highlights their grassroots cultural preservation work. This work functions as a channel through which the communities embrace, honor and practice the traditions of their ancestors, while simultaneously fighting for their political, economic and sociocultural self-determination and autonomy by engaging with forces of modern capitalism and globalization that threaten their culture, identity, and survival as indigenous peoples and guardians of the environment.
We are developing a training facility in the Sacred Valley of the Incas outside of Cusco to offer media class and workshops for community members in the practice of multimedia production for any interested participants so that we can ensure their stories and future projects are in the right hands; theirs. Offering photography, videography and editing courses is just the beginning while we embark upon a longer vision of maintaining our connection with their communities as consultants with the aim that they themselves will be able to produce professional material and share their stories with the world.
