Mission

Maiden Voyage Media produces and supports programs designed to foster inclusion and deepen understanding of different ways to live in the world.

Grounded in partnerships with nonprofits, Maiden Voyage Media collaborates with indigenous, underserved and marginalized communities on documentary films, project-based curricula and public programs that raise awareness of social and environmental issues and encourage the growth of compassionate, informed and engaged global citizens.

Background

Gail Evenari founded Maiden Voyage Media in 1994 with the production of Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey, an award-winning PBS documentary that chronicles the history and renaissance of Polynesian voyaging and navigation. She has worked in the fields of education and media for over four decades.

Current projects include The Future of Normal, a documentary film and impact campaign that explores the tension between our country’s fixation on conformity and the need to recognize and support the rich spectrum of cognitive diversity that makes us human, and World Wise, that combines Virtual Reality documentaries and interactive learning experiences designed to build empathy and global awareness in youth.

Additional films include Hawai’i: Continuing Traditions, In the Wake of Our Ancestors, Alaska: The Yupik Eskimos, Timeless Craft: The Building of Mauloa, and A Gift for Abuelo, a film about Mexican culture and sea turtle conservation. Curriculum guides for PBS films include A Doula Story, The Calling, Havana Curveball and Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular. 

Maiden Voyage Media is a California nonprofit organization (Tax ID 94-3191142).