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ON THE MEDIA | #LookListenLocal: ‘I’m not just covering the news – I’m living it’: Gaza’s citizen journalists chronicling life in war
The goal, she says, was to teach her followers that there was more to Gaza than conflict and destruction.
Fostering local video-journalists and documentarians
We need to raise $20,000 by the end of the year to meet our production goals. Can you help? No donation is too small or too large!
Sources for local perspectives on international news
CSFilm encourages you to think critically about who decides on and creates your news and information. Here are a few of suggestions for local reporting on issues of international concern:
McMillan Stewart Foundation supports CSFilm online training
Community Supported Film (CSFilm) wrote a new proposal to seek support for the development of our online documentary training (ODT). We are pleased to announce that the McMillan Stewart Foundation generously granted $20,000 for this two-year project. ODT will train community activists, journalists, and other grassroots storytellers in documentary filmmaking – from story development through post-production.
Immigrant and refugee screening for Au Pairs
Qin Lee, Abdirahman Abdi and Braulio Tellez Vilches, screened their New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) films for 90 Au Pairs in Boston.
Afghans neglected by the US govt while supported by the US public
CSFilm continues to provide legal and logistical support for our Afghan colleagues as they seek a path to safety and stability. Many of the evacuation and resettlement appeals and parole cases that we have filed continue to languish in US State Department systems. Several cases have been denied, leaving the families without hope for resettlement.
Update – June 23: Training, Afghans, Haitians, Jeanne Steig
Online documentary filmmaking training, in development; Afghan and Haitian crises; Remembering our ‘ol pal Jeanne Steig
Keynote address at FCTV 30th Anniversary
Michael called on FCTV to join him in working to educate the public about the importance of who selects and reports our news. Once the public starts hearing from more local voices we will begin to understand what the issues are that need to be addressed. We haven’t yet begun a dialogue based on good information.
ON AFGHANITAN |ON MIGRATION – Afghans who fled to the US hope that Congress will fix their status – The World
After Afghanistan fell to the Taliban tens of thousands of Afghans made their way to the United States. They were allowed to stay under a program called “humanitarian parole.” But that status expires in a couple of months, and although they can renew one time, many are calling for Congress to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act, which would allow them to seek more permanent status.
ON MIGRATION | ON AFGHANISTAN – The U.S. Left Them Behind. They Crossed a Jungle to Get Here Anyway – NYT
For thousands of Afghans, the American withdrawal from Kabul was just the beginning of a long, dangerous search for safety.
ON AFGHANISTAN | Afghan women protest in Kabul demanding that the Taliban aren’t recognized by the UN – AFP
“Recognition of Taliban — violation of women’s rights,” the women chanted during the march, which lasted no longer than 10 minutes in the capital.