Tides Converge Film Series presents: Funding Indigenous

Come join the organization for a Tides Converge Film Series screening of Funding Indigenous, a series of short documentaries produced by the Cultural Conservancy on March 5, 2025 from 1-3pm. This event is free, and light refreshments are provided.

These unique documentaries amplify and articulate the movement indigenizing philanthropy with Indigenous people. Personal and collective stories interweave with Indigenous knowledge in global reciprocity.

This project includes:
• Four ~20-minute poetic Documentary Profiles profiling key Indigenous leaders in this movement
• Eight long-form Oral Histories delving into Indigenous knowledge, leaders’ life experiences, pivotal relationships, events and protocols

These videos are for Indigenous communities seeking greater economic and narrative sovereignty; philanthropists and policy-makers seeking greater equity; and for teachers and youth seeking Indigenous knowledge and wisdom. All videos — from Indonesia, Kenya, Nicaragua, Mexico, France and Turtle Island — were filmed in collaboration with local Indigenous communities and videographers, who collaborated in the 2-year participatory production process of documentary production training and collective story crafting.

This project is a partnership between Tamalpais Trust, The Cultural Conservancy, Pawanka Fund, Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (Indonesia), Centro para la Autonomía y Desarollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (Nicaragua), and Kivulini Trust (Kenya).