A three-day pilot program geared towards empowering and educating Indigenous youth as future storytellers launched at Lethbridge Polytechnic last weekend. Jordan Prentice gives us a look through the lens of the Indigenous youth film training program.During the cost-free pilot program, students learned a wide range of film industry related skills, including script writing, production management, and editing.Indigenous animator from N.B.
“ are some of the best storytellers in the world,” said Morrisette. “The great aspect of this is it’s empowering them to see the opportunities they have to tell their own stories.” Indigenous Lens aims to one day open industry doors to aspiring Indigenous filmmakers nationally, giving them the tools to tell their stories and share their culture with the world through film.