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PBS launches new tribal film series despite losing CPB funding

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published June 16, 2026 at 10:45 AM CDT

A tribal media organization was facing dire straits amid cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, but an anonymous donor threw them a $1.3-million lifeline.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Francene Blythe-Lewis, CEO of Vision Maker Media, and Ojibwe filmmaker Alex Nystrom about a new PBS series funded with that money.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Here & Now Newsroom