The Millennial Producers Academy (MILPA) is an innovative program that will provide digital media arts production training, entrepreneurial skills and cultural agility development to young adults between the ages of 18-28.
In addition to receiving instruction in the creative and technical aspects of digital media production, participants will also be paired with local local community, social justice, health, cultural and advocacy organizations. Participants will learn how to produce projects, such as fundraising videos, program documentation, citizen journalism, PSA’s, podcasts and documentaries about issues facing their communities.
MILPA will connect participants with real world job training via workshops led by professionals from the film production, media, gaming, tech, real estate and legal video sectors. This will provide critical access and pathways to high-earning 21st Century jobs.
Participation is free, and selected participants will agree to provide volunteer video documentation services for a local non-profit or community organization as part of the program. The Millennial Producers Academy (MILPA) is made possible by the Investing in Tomorrow Organizational Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
WATCH MILPA CLASS VIDEOS!
Millennial Producers Academy with Guest Ray Santisteban: Producing Stories That No One Else is Telling
Media Arts Santa Ana’s Millennial Producers Academy (MILPA) Presents: RAY SANTISTEBAN is Producer/Director of the acclaimed PBS documentary, THE FIRST RAINBOW COALITION. He will discuss how to use research and interviews to reclaim community histories. Ray Santisteban has worked for the past twenty six years as a documentary filmmaker, teacher, and film curator. His work consistently gravitates toward political subjects and artist profiles, addressing the themes of justice, memory and political transformation.
Millennial Producers Academy with Guest Lani Cupchoy: Making Short-Form Community Documentaries
Media Arts Santa Ana’s Millennial Producers Academy (MILPA) Presents: Award-winning filmmaker LANI CUPCHOY (Truth Seekers, Urban Seeds, Food Medicine) talks about her career and how to make short form community documentaries. Dr. Lani Cupchoy, Ph.D. teaches in the Departments of History and Chicanx-Latinx Studies at California State University Los Angeles. She is an award-winning documentary filmmaker specializing in Food and Health Justice, Grassroots Community Activism, Sustainable Environmentalism and K-12 schools.
Millennial Producers Academy with Guests Mario Ponce "Scar" and Irene Soto from Cholos Try
Media Arts Santa Ana's Mllennial Producers Academy (MILPA) invited internet sensations Mario Ponce “Scar” and Irene Soto from Mitú’s CHOLOS TRY series for a videoconference to talk about making videos that reach hundreds of thousands of viewers, combating stereotypes. Mario has appeared on Netflix’s hit series' GENTEFIED and ON MY BLOCK, and Mario and Irene's short film HERMANOS has received 12 million views on Youtube.
Millennial Producers Academy with Guests Victor Payan and Pocha Peña, MASA Co-Founders
Media Arts Santa Ana co-founders and Creative Capital Award winning artists Victor Payan and Pocha Peña will discuss their “By Any Memes Necessary” approach to creating impactful transmedia projects that use humor to promote tolerance, understanding and community empowerment. From Aztec Gold to Dreamocracy in America, Payan and Pocha show how to use media arts tools to impact public policy and advocate for social justice.
Millennial Producers Academy with Guest Sean Glumace: Adobe Creative Cloud and Beyond
Sean Glumace from 2CPR Group talks about using important apps such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Spark, Behance, Bandlab and Linkedin. Then, Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA) Director Victor Payan gives tips and strategies for successful crowdfunding and grantwriting.
Millennial Producers Academy with Guest Isaac Artenstein: The Business and Art of Producing
Learn about producing strategies for creative film artists, from Indie Feature Films, to Documentaries, to Shorts, to Experimental. Maximize your time, resources and talent by strategizing on how to launch your project and successfully bring it to fruition with award-winning Producer/Director Isaac Artenstein (A Day Without a Mexican, Tijuana Jews, Break of Dawn)
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