Victoria Cheyenne (she/her/ella) is an Indigenous Bolivian-American (Aymara) documentary filmmaker based in Bozeman, Montana. As a storyteller, Cheyenne navigates intimate familial storylines with a deep passion for themes centered on matriarchal lineage and cultural heritage. Her activism focuses on land sovereignty and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples. Her documentary short film, Learning I’m Home, was a Kendeda Fund grant recipient and premiered at the 2023 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, winning a jury award from Lily Gladstone in the Indigenous Documentary Film competition. Cheyenne is a 2022/2023 NeXt Doc Fellow, a 2024 4th World Media Lab Fellow, and a member of the Chicana Directors Initiative. She has previously worked producing and directing for Digital Original productions at Paramount (MTV and Comedy Central).
Fellowships:
4TH WORLD MEDIA LAB FELLOWSHIP (2024)
Festivals: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, and Camden International Film Festival
Project: How To Be A Daughter
NEXTDOC FELLOWSHIP (2022/2023)
A year-long program from Youth FX
Project: How To Be A Daughter
Affiliations:
BROWN GIRLS DOC MAFIA | KIN THEORY | WOMEN IN FILM | CHICANA DIRECTORS INITIATIVE | AMERICAN BOLIVIAN COLLECTIVE