“In the face of climate collapse, it’s time for the North to start looking South — and learn from its people and journalists.”
ON DEVELOPMENT | It’s time for the global North to look South
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ON AFGHANISTAN | Helping Afghans with food, housing and evacuation
We can not thank you enough for your generosity. There is still a lot to do to bring families to safe and permanent homes. We can only do it with your support.
CSFilm Fund for Afghan Evacuation and Resettlement
Your support is needed to help families, both those in and out of Afghanistan, to survive without work and income. In Afghanistan they face a humanitarian crisis with skyrocketing prices for basic necessities. Those out of the country are just beginning a multi year process of filing for asylum and have left everything behind in Afghanistan. All face expensive US government fees to file for emergency visas and other legal options.
ON AFGHANISTAN, ON DEVELOPMENT | ‘Afghanistan heading for chaos unless action taken immediately’ – Islamic nations
‘Afghanistan heading for chaos unless action taken immediately’ – Islamic nations
ON AFGHANISTAN | US air wars in Middle East and Afghanistan ‘deeply flawed’: NYT Report
The Pentagon’s air wars in Middle East and Afghanistan marked by ‘flawed intelligence’ and ‘faulty targeting’, NYT investigation finds.
ON MIGRATION | Give refugees a voice on our own futures
Including the views of refugees in efforts to reform the global refugee system is not yet the norm. It desperately needs to be.
ON THE MEDIA, ON MIGRATION | ‘Telling our own stories’: Rohingya lives, through a camera lens
‘Telling our own stories’: Rohingya lives, through a camera lens —
Daily joys, growing hardships: Emerging Rohingya photographers are documenting their refugee community’s stories, one snapshot at a time.
Afghan Evac Update: Long hard months for Afghans
It has been a terribly long and hard two months since we last sent an update. Our days have been consumed with trying to help Afghans figure out their logistical and legal options for evacuation and resettling. While good news often feels elusive, there are some bright spots!
ON AFGHANISTAN | The beautiful land of endless suffering, by Jamaluddin Aram
Jamaluddin Aram served as CSFilm’s translator and coordinator in Afghanistan from 2010-12.
He is a documentary filmmaker, producer and short story writer from Kabul. He lives in Toronto.
Jamal has written a searingly poetic and vibrantly visual opinion piece on Afghanistan for Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper.
ON THE MEDIA | A prayer for a humbler media
“It’s time to acknowledge that the enduring belief of American media’s exceptionalism is toxic, and if it continues, it will take down democracy with it.”
ON AFGHANISTAN, ON THE MEDIA | What Taliban’s new media rules mean for female actors
By imposing new restrictions on the media and female actors, the Taliban have once again reaffirmed their misogynistic ideology, rights advocates have said.
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers unveiled a new set of restrictions on Afghan media earlier this week, banning television channels from showing dramas and soap operas featuring women actors.
Filmmakers in exile speak to their and their country’s trauma. – JP Movie Night Screen&Discuss
In a very emotional experience, the event included the participation via Zoom of two recent evacuees and the project’s translator and coordinator. Qasem joined from Iran, Aqeela from France, and jamal from Canada.
Contact Community Supported Film if you would like to organize a Screen&Discuss with the Afghan films in your community.