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Fall ’09 Workshop! Register Now!

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Share Outta Your Backpack Media Fall ’09 Workshop November 27th-29th • Flagstaff, AZ • Make a Short Movie! • Learn Hands-on Script Writing! • Camera Operation! • Lighting! • Video Editing! • & More! The workshop is free & open to young Native people ages...

Taala Hooghan
/OYBM Media Center: Celebrating Two Years and New Location, 
Community Support Needed!

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ShareTwo years ago community members and an Indigenous youth empowerment media collective called “Outta Your Backpack Media” (OYBM) came together with a vision to establish a space that cultivates active resistance to capitalism, environmental & social injustices in and...

Prescott Courier: Navajo girl shares family’s dramatic heritage

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Share  http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=73074#B2 By Paula Rhoden, The Daily Courier     Saturday, October 03, 2009   In 1864, a young Navajo woman living in Black Mesa, Ariz., fought to protect her family from the efforts of the U.S. Army and...

September Workshop Postponed – Visit us at the County Fair!

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ShareOYBM will be screening films at the Coconino County Fair Sat. Sept 5th! http://www.coconino.az.gov/parks.aspx?id=480 Views:1743 Tweet

Film Premiere! In the Footsteps of Yellow Woman

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ShareHalne’e Productions and Outta Your Backpack Media Present In the Footsteps of Yellow Woman A Film by Camille Manybeads Tso September 11, 2009 7:00pm Taala Hooghan Infoshop and Youth Media Arts Center 1926 N 4th St. #7B !Flagstaff, AZ...

Outta Your Backpack Media – a mouse that roars

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Share S.J. Wilson, The Observer Flagstaff youth project attracting national attention

OYBM Rocks NYC Native Film Fest!

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ShareNEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS Maria Colòn on selections from NMAI’s Film + Video Festival The National Museum of the American Indian’s 2009 Film + Video Festival celebrated its 30th anniversary last month with over 75 films and videos created by...

NY Native Film Fest to Screen 4 OYBM Films!

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ShareOYBMedia will be presenting 4 films at the 30th Annual National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Native American Film + Video Festival in New York City! 5 backpackers will be trekking to NYC to represent OYBM! The festival...

OYBMedia Releases 19 Short Films on DVD!

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Share  Outta Your Backpack Media (OYBMedia) has released a DVD of 19 short films made by Indigenous youth. The videos in this compilation were almost all made during our 2007-2008 workshops. Some of the videos were made in 6...

Indykids: Kids Make Movies

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ShareOriginally featured at: http://indykids.net/main/2009/01/kids-make-movies/ By LIZA MINNO BLOOM In Flagstaff, Arizona, a collective called Outta Your Backpack (OYB) gives movie-making equipment to indigenous youth, and holds workshops teaching them how to film and edit their own movies. “Native youth aren’t represented...

Observer: Outta Your Backpack program  brings media skills to Native youth

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ShareOriginally published at: http://navajohopiobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=5257&SectionID=74&SubSectionID=547&S=1 S.J. Wilson, The Observer Tuesday, December 05, 2006 FLAGSTAFF-While their peers enjoyed a five-day vacation over the Thanksgiving holiday, 12 area students gave up three days of their vacation to learn about filmmaking from the ground...

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