Michael Sheridan is one of the best teachers one could hope to have. He has a genuine commitment to facilitating students’ ability to realize their vision, which is backed by a deep understanding of technology and technique. I had the pleasure of hiring Michael to teach over twenty years, and student reviews were always excellent.
[Thank you to our colleague Mohammad (whose full name we are withholding to protect his identity), whom we tragically were not able to help evacuate f...
6 June 2026, This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. In the pursuit of diagnosing what’s wrong with humanitarian storytelling,...
Community Supported Film is hard at work on our comprehensive online training in documentary filmmaking - Look Listen Local. Check out our progress...
Documentary Bootcamp is a seven-week, immersive in-person learning experience covering the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking from pre- to post-production.
Need some one-on-one project guidance? Are you struggling with story structure? Want to get suggestions for how to improve you camera, sound or...
Through a dynamic combination of in-class presentations, technique-building exercises, and informative discussions, Story Development and...
Below is a letter from the leader of the AfghanEvac coalition, a group of hundreds if not thousands of people from all walks of life, backgrounds,...
This course covers the aesthetic and technical skills needed to construct scenes visually and aurally – applicable to all filmmaking genres.
Our collective visual vocabulary of crisis is neither accidental nor neutral. It has been shaped by decades of coverage, often from a narrow, Western lens – a lens that has taught audiences what suffering is supposed to look like. That vocabulary now distorts our understanding of crises and undermines the dignity and agency of those living through them.
Community Supported Film's Look Listen Local online training in lived-reality documentary filmmaking is developing into a transformative learning...