Our Mission

To encourage community participation and to teach youth about local history, culture and community events through the use of new media technology.  

RPM accomplishes this mission by providing training in media production, by providing access to production equipment, by serving as an educational and vocational resource, and by facilitating distribution of community productions locally, nationally and internationally. Find out more about us.


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Classes and Workshops

Documentary Interview 
During this 1 1/2 hour class, participants will learn practical tips on how to conduct the documentary interview.  Topics covered will include:  composing the interviewee, interview questions, interviewee composure, camera and interview equipment, camera angles, and more. The instructor will share and discuss samples of her work.  
Instructor:  Rebecca Glotfelty

Community Digital Storytelling Workshop
This three-day workshop integrates aspects of  creative writing, oral history, filmmaking, and digital media manipulation to assist people in telling their stories as three-to-five minute digital videos based on the found materials in their lives like photographs, personal drawings and letters, newspaper clippings, video etc.

Participants may work individually or as a group to produce a collective project.
Instructor:   RPM instructor  

Please contact us to discuss workshop fees for your organization or nonprofit.