Nomadic Wildling Media Presents

Voices of Resilience

Tyler McKinney has always been drawn to the horizon. A nomadic documentary series where each episode begins with a question and the road leads to the answers.

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The Road Forward

What this is

Questions lead to understanding.

Voices of Resilience is a documentary road series where each episode begins with a central question that challenges biases and perspectives. Travelling across Indigenous communities across Treaties 6, 7 & 8, we meet Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and community voices whose perspectives reshape Tyler's understanding of resilience in a rapidly changing world.

The series is about curiosity, connection, and the adaptation of traditional Indigenous culture in an ever-changing world. It is built around universal questions and human-centred storytelling — a format designed to travel far beyond Alberta.

Act I
The Question
Tyler introduces a personal question — why it matters to him, and what he hopes to understand.
Act II
The Road
The journey to spark conversations with Knowledge Keepers and Elders. Multiple perspectives shape the blueprint to an answer.
Act III
The Reflection
Tyler processes what he has learned. Honest, not manufactured. The next question begins to form on the horizon.
"'cause I know the power of the question."
— Rage Against the Machine
19–22
Min per episode
12
Episodes per season
2+
Seasons completed
19
Voices documented
The Why

Why we're doing this

Stories live on the land. We're meeting them there.

Audiences today are hungry for authenticity and adventure. They want real people asking meaningful questions in a time of filters and performances. They're drawn to diverse cultural stories, nomadic storytelling (VanLife!), and exploration of new lands and perspectives.

Voices of Resilience sits at the crossroads of it all. This show speaks to audiences searching for identity, community, direction, and growth. It offers a journey where vulnerability is celebrated and wisdom transcends cultural biases.

Story sovereignty
Communities define themselves. Participants are collaborators, not subjects. Ongoing consent. Uncut recordings returned.
Relationship first
Every story begins long before a camera is introduced. Elders and Knowledge Keepers guide the process from day one.
Non-extractive
VoR is built in direct opposition to transactional documentary practices. Community is not a backdrop. Culture is not a checkbox.
Built to travel
Central Alberta is the starting point. Treaties 6, 7, and 8 are next. Then all of Canada. Then the world.
The Creator
Tyler McKinney
Tyler McKinney
Host · Co-Director · Creator

Who's behind this

A learner willing to grow out loud.

Tyler McKinney is Cree, Métis, Vietnamese, and Chinese. He is also Two-Spirit. Culture was never passed down to him — and Voices of Resilience began as a direct response to that journey. A space to hold questions he didn't grow up with answers to.

With over a decade of photography and videography experience, two funded seasons through TELUS STORYHIVE, and three years facilitating the I Am a Kind Man initiative with Indigenous men and youth, Tyler brings humility and a willingness to learn through listening.

Produced by Guillermo Barraza through Nomadic Wildling Media, with guidance from Elders and Knowledge Keepers across Treaties 6, 7, and 8.

The Ask

How we're doing it

Help us hit the road.

Season 3 of Voices of Resilience is going nomadic. Fully on the road. To do that, we need a vehicle — a mobile studio and home base that goes where the stories are.

We're raising $5,000 CAD on Kickstarter to fund the vehicle that makes this season possible. Every dollar goes directly toward getting the team on the road, capturing stories that deserve to be told.

Back us on Kickstarter ↗
$5,000
CAD — Kickstarter goal
Campaign length30 days
Combined audience~2,768
Episodes funded4 pilot episodes
Target production startJune 2027

Choose your tier

$10
Tier 1
  • Digital thank-you card from Tyler
  • Your name in our Thank-You section below
$25
Tier 2
  • Everything in Spark
  • Exclusive BTS production updates
  • Name in show credits
$50
Tier 3
  • Everything in Ember
  • VoR sticker pack
  • Access to VoR Photojournal
$100
Tier 4
  • Everything in Trailhead
  • Signed photo print from set
  • Crew hoodie
  • Your name on the vehicle placcard
$250
Tier 5
  • Everything in Firetender
  • YouTube BTS episode shoutout
  • Producer credit
  • Invitation to exclusive community screening
$500
Tier 6
  • Everything in Nomad
  • Limited edition VoR patch
  • Custom video message from Tyler & crew
  • Invitation to red carpet premiere
The Community

Road Crew

The people who helped us hit the road.

Every name below believed in this journey before it began.

Your Name Here Road Crew Member Another Believer First Backer Early Supporter Day One Fellow Traveller Spark On the Road Community Knowledge Keeper Story Holder
Replace placeholder names with real backer names as they come in

Want your name on the wall? Back us at the Spark tier ($10) or above.

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