Tso Inspired Media Arts LLC is a family owned production company that specializes in creating multi-media content for and with educational facilities and purposes. We provide HD Digital Filmmaking, teacher trainings, youth workshops, consultant services, and assistance in all phases of digital filmmaking and theatrical productions. Our passion is in Place-based Media Arts Education, the integration of Media Arts with Place-Based Education, assisting students in creating media arts projects meaningful for themselves and their community.

We are available for Leading Workshops in Place-Based Media Arts, Media Literacy, Digital Storytelling, and short-form Narrative and Documentary Filmmaking. We also provide Filmmaking and Theatre Classes for Adults and Youth, and Consultations with Educators on Media Arts Integration. We are also available for Producing and Collaborating on Film and Media Arts Projects as well as Theatrical Productions.

Rachel Tso is an Award-Winning Educator, Filmmaker, Producer, Director, and the Developer of Place-Based Media Arts Education and Curriculum.  She has been successfully teaching youth and adults throughout the country filmmaking and theatrical skills so they could tell their own unique stories since 1992.  Her passion is in facilitating students in creating Place-Based Media and Theatre Arts projects that are deeply meaningful for themselves and their communities.  Currently, she is working through a Rural Trust Grant to develop 12 multi-media training films and a manual demonstrating the aspects and design of the innovative STAR 3-to-3rd (age 3 to grade 3) project.  Rachel is also a consultant throughout Northern Arizona and the Navajo Nation collaborating with teachers and administrators to integrate Place-Based Media Arts and other Arts Integration projects into their curriculums.

Rachel is currently working on her Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction at Northern Arizona University. She graduated at the head of her class with a Masters Degree in Sustainable Communities from Northern Arizona University where she authored her effective curriculum integrating Media Arts and Literacy with Place-Based Education. She holds a B.A. from Antioch College in Environmental Communications and received her teaching certificates through Prescott College.      Contact //  Curriculum Vitae

Camille Manybeads Tso is a talented young filmmaker, youth leader and facilitator. She studied film at the prestigious Idyllwild Arts Academy, and has several projects in the works. She is best known for making the award winning  film, In the Footsteps of Yellow Woman, at 13 years old which has now screened in over fifty film festivals and has won numerous awards.  IMDB Page

Francis Tso is an excellent Navajo-to-English translator and cultural advisor.  He grew up in the traditional Dine' (Navajo) way of life in a remote area of the Navajo Reservation.  Dine' is his first language, and he studied it in college as well at Northern Arizona University.  He has also been known to handle horses on set and even occasionally act.