“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 THE MEDIA | A prayer for a humbler media
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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.
New Immigrant & Refugee Visions Screen&Discuss hosted by The House of the Seven Gables, November 10th, 6-7:30pm, Online.
These two films stimulated a timely discussion about the current worldwide refugee crisis and the immediate challenges facing Afghans and Haitians due to recent man-made and natural disasters. November 10th, 6-7:30pm EST, Online
Advocate for Afghans
Click on the following links, or contact your Senator and Congressperson about the following: 1. Hold the Biden administration accountable to...
Thank you to @theDocYard & @BrattleTheatre for donating all proceeds to CSFilm Fund for Afghan Evac and Resettle
Thank you to @theDocYard & @BrattleTheatre for donating all proceeds from benefit screening to CSFilm Fund for Afghan Evac and Resettle. They raised over $500!
ON AFGHANISTAN, ON DEVELOPMENT | New hungry: Urban and middle-class
Afghanistan’s economy spirals: For the first time, there are similar levels of food insecurity among urban households as drought-hit rural ones.
Vice President Harris and Dr. Biden: Your Silence on Afghan Women Is Deafening
What we should be shocked about is the near-silence here in the United States from Vice President Kamala Harris and First Lady Jill Biden — arguably America’s most powerful women — I ask the former prosecutor Ms. Harris and the current professor Dr. Biden: Where are your outspoken voices on justice and education for the women and girls of Afghanistan?
Sponsor an Afghan family for Humanitarian Parole
Community Supported Film is working with pro bono lawyers to file for Humanitarian Parole for our Afghan families in Afghanistan and Iran....
Taliban Prime Minister orders marriage for all women over 20 and widows under 35
The Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Mawlawi Mohammad Hasan Akhund, has announced the following rules for women according to...
Taliban ban girls from secondary education in Afghanistan
Taliban government announces re-opening of high schools for boys but makes no mention of girls. Only male teachers to report to work. Watch CSFilm’s
ON MIGRATION, ON HAITI | Texas: thousands of migrants, mostly Haitian, gather under border bridge in squalid makeshift camp
Thousands of mostly Haitian asylum seekers have gathered under the bridge that connects Del Rio in Texas and Mexico’s Ciudad Acuña, creating a makeshift camp with few basic services in intense heat. More than 50 Democratic lawmakers urged the Biden administration to halt deportations to Haiti.