Join Our Community
Member Benefits
Listed on the BIPOC Filmmakers MN public directory
Invitation to members-only community events and activations
Extended application deadlines for our fellowships and programs
30% discount camera and studio rentals at Midcity Production Supply
Discount on Mamá Papaya workshops (launching Fall 2026)
Priority crew for Mamá Papaya productions & collaborations
and it’s free to join!
Member Eligibility
Open to MN based BIPOC filmmakers.
Excited to co-create a safer, equitable, and more energized BIPOC film future with us!
Our Community Values
As part of our membership, we invite members to practice these shared agreed values:
Care
Showing up for ourselves and others with kindness, honest intentions, and compassion while honoring each other’s identity, pronouns, culture, and creativity as well as our contributions to collaborations. Co-creating a culture of consent, listening, and honoring boundaries, recognizing consent is reversible.
Community over Competition
Celebrating each other and recognizing that community helps us thrive. Valuing how we treat each other throughout the entire filmmaking journey over external validation, awards, or industry recognition.
Solidarity
Practicing a mentality of abundance that there is enough space, opportunities, and recognition for all of us. Recognizing our many resources (spiritual, emotional, cultural, social, capital) and sharing them within capacity, especially with those who have less access.
Collective liberation
Actively working to dismantle racism, xenophobia, colonialism, transphobia, misogyny, and all forms of oppression within our community and beyond.
Accountability
Recognizing we are interconnected and our actions have an impact on others. Openness to repair & healing when possible.