Welcome to the B-Side of the News!

This is the pitch deck for the short film The Gichigami Gazette by writer/director Tashia Hart. This short will serve as a proof of concept for a series. Produced by Jonathan Thunder. Supported by Vision Maker Media, the Zeitgeist MN Film Festival, and generous contributors. Learn how to contribute below.

Support

Send us an email if you’d like to contribute via fiscal sponsorship.

What do we spend money on? Months of preparation before filming takes place, fair wages of roughly 20 people in cast and crew, costs for the art department, props, and wardrobe, site fees, insurance, catering, visual effects, editing, sound, color correction – months of work in post production.

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The Gichigami Gazette is a Jonathan Thunder Production. Chi-miigwech to the Northland Foundation and the Maada’ookiing grant for supporting the writing of the screenplay, to the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council for supporting the creation of the storyboards, and to Vision Maker Media for selecting The Gichigami Gazette for a 2026 Creative Shorts Fellowship!