The 12-week course is designed to teach Indigenous young adults the art of visual storytelling. The school will not be solely for Christians, though conducted in a distinctly Jesus focused environment. During the final practicum phase, the students will produce documentaries in their own homelands, with the goal to help the students connect with their cultures and form deeper connections with their elders. Tribal Winds ultimate goal, beyond teaching creative new job skills, is to love up the students and point them to Jesus, as the one Who can bring wholeness to them and their peoples. Tribal Winds seeks to communicate that people can be fully Native and follow Jesus.

Teaching Phase Schedule:
Week 1 – Orientation, Film Terms, Documentary 101 Overview & Equipment overview (Filming Assignment: Linear “How you got here” – show us)
Week 2 - Camera, Lights, Sound & Crew (Filming Assignment: documentary about the school)
Week 3 – Documentary scriptwriting & Research & Storyboards (Assignment: write documentary script & Storyboard for your documentary)
Week 4 – Editing (Assignment: Edit School Documentary Footage)
Week 5 – Producing & Directing a Documentary, How to work with Actors, hair/make-up, (Assignment: Producers Plan for your Documentary)
Week 6 Final – Each Student Produce 5 – 15 minute short documentary about the school and finalizes the plans for their Field Assignment Final Documentary (Filming Assignment: documentary about the school) The Final Phase is an additional six weeks.

Diane Wigstone, Ph.D. is a film producer and the visionary for our school. Diane is in the process of pioneering a media oriented YWAM base in Hollywood.

Debra Buenting, Ph.D. teaches "Camera, Lights, Sound and Crew" among other things. Debra works with YWAM International Communications in Colorado Springs.

Danielle Romeyn, staff/student, shooting for a class project.

Our purpose is to help the students connect with their elders, preserve their culture and be Salt and Light for Jesus.