Meet the Fellows

Five filmmakers will join the 4th World family in 2026 as fellows in the 11th program cohort. Browse below to meet the newest 4th World fellows and explore the alumni network of over 60 Indigenous artists and storytellers.


4th World Media Lab Alumni

2025

KEKAMA AMONA (Kanaka ʻŌiwi) | KATSITSIONNI FOX (Mohawk, Haudenosaunee/First Nations) | JAMES JOHNSON III (Koyukon Athabaskan) | JULES ARITA KOOSTACHIN (Attawapiskat) | TIARE RIBEAUX (Kānaka ‘Ōiwi) | STEPH VIERA (Diné,Salvadorian)

2024

BRUCE THOMAS MILLER (Anishinaabe, Matachewan First Nation)  |  CASS GARDINER (Anishinaabe Algonquin, Kebaowek First Nation)  |  KEISHA ERWIN (Woodland Cree, Lac La Ronge Indian Band)  |  NICOLLE L. GONZALES (ARTHUN) (Diné, Navajo Nation)  |  SISA QUISPE (Quechua Aymara)  |  VICTORIA CHEYENNE (Aymara, El Alto Bolivia, Tsétsêhéstâhese, Northern Cheyenne)

2023

PAIGE BETHMANN (Haudenosaunee (Mohawk, Oneida)  |  FRITZ BITSOIE (Diné)  |  JONATHAN LUNA (Tama Descent, Mestizo)  |  RITCHIE HEMPHILL (Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw)  |  ADRIANNA RODRIGUEZ (Standing Rock Sioux)  |  LOREN WATERS (Cherokee Nation, Kiowa Tribe)

2021-2022

AJUAWAK KAPESHESIT (White Earth Ojibwe descendant Waskaganish Cree Enrolled member)  |  BRITHENSEL (Cherokee Nation)  |  JARED LANK (Mi'kmaq) |. ERINLAU (Native Hawaiian)  |  MORNINGSTARANGELINE (Navajo, Chippewa Cree, Blackfeet, Shoshone and Latinx)  |  LUCÍAORTEGATOLEDO (Zapotec)  |  THEOLAROSS (Cree Treaty 5, Pimicikamak Cree Nation-Cross Lake)

2020

JUSTINAHCHONG (Kanaka Maoli, Native Hawaiian)  |  CHADCHARLIE (Ahousaht First Nation)  |  EMILYCOHENIBAÑEZ (LatinX, Columbian-American)  |  GEORGIANNALEPPING (Soloman Islander)  |  REGINALEPPING (Solomon Islander)  |  ALEXSALLEE (Iñupiaq)  |  ASHLEYSOLIS (Nahua and Chicana)  |  ASIAYOUNGMAN (Cree, Métis and Haudenosaunee)

2019

TAYLOR HENSEL (Cherokee Nation)  |  SHAAWAN FRANCIS KEAHNA (White Earth Anishinaabe and Meskawaki)  |  IVAN MACDONALD (Blackfeet)  |  IVY MACDONALD (Blackfeet)  |  COURTNEY MONTOUR (Mohawk, Kahnawake)  |  JJ NEEPIN (Cree)  |  EVELYN PAKINEWATIK (Nipissing First Nation, Ojibwe)  |  RAVEN TWO FEATHERS (Cherokee, Seneca, Cayuga, and Comanche)

2018

RAZELLE BENALLY (Oglala Lakota, Diné)  |  RAMONA EMERSON (Diné)  |  LEYA HALE (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota, Diné)  |  ALEX LAZAROWICH (Cree)  |  IVY MACDONALD (Blackfeet)  |  CHRISTEN MARQUEZ (Native Hawaiian)  |  COURTNEY MONTOUR (Mohawk)  |  ALYCIA ORTIZ (Miwok)  |  DEIDRA PEACHES (Diné)  |  COLLEEN THURSTON (Choctaw)  |  SHAANDIIN TOME (Diné)

2017

JUSTINDEEGAN (Mandan, Hidatsa, & Arikara Nation) | RENAPRIEST (Lummi) | KYLEBELL (Thlopthlocco Creek) | RAZELLEBENALLY (Oglala Lakota, Diné) | DANIELHYDE (Diné) | LELACHILDS (Lummi) | RACHELPLENTYWOLF (Oglala Lakota) | SAVANNATHUNDER (Red Lake and Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe)

2016

IMMERSIVE MEDIA SUMMIT

2015

STEVEN PAUL JUDD (Kiowa and Choctaw) | KHALIL HUDSON (Tlingit & Haida, T’aakdeintaan) | MELISSA WOODROW (Wuksachi Indian Tribe) | SUSANBALBAS (Cherokee/Yaqui) | DALLASPINKHAM (Yakama) | PESHAWNBREAD (Comanche) | PAULCOLLINS | LULUDEBOER (Kirabati) | GISELLABUSTILLOS (Bolivian, Vietnamese)

Great thanks to the 4th World funders and program partners: