Updates
Decolonise How? | What does a crisis look like? The ethics of humanitarian imagery
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...
Watch Shots and Scenes – the first training module from Look Listen Local
Community Supported FIlm is very excited to share with you, Shots and Scenes, the first sample module from our online documentary training – Look Listen Local. Shots and Scenes is an educational tour-de-force about the power of visual storytelling.
Take flight or get rooted – new student videos
Michael Sheridan, in addition to his work as Director of CSFilm, teaches filmmaking independently and at MassArt. Students in recent filmmaking...
ON THE MEDIA |Israel responsible for record death toll of 126 journalists
Israel responsible for record journalist death toll of 126 journalists. The CPJ has found that at least five journalists were specifically targeted by Israel for their work and is investigating at least 10 more cases of deliberate targeting
ON THE MEDIA; ON AFGHANITAN | Holding the Taliban Accountable Through the Media
The digital revolution and modern journalism allow us to cover Afghanistan during these critical times despite Taliban efforts to block us.
Strengthening global views through local voices – with your support
Community Supported Film believes that the public will improve the way it thinks about and responds to the needs and crises facing others, if the voices that communicate our news and information are localized.
Meeting the needs of Afghans, Haitians, Sudanese and more under-represented communities – with your support
Opportunities like these drive our mission to create a free online asynchronous training in lived-reality documentary filmmaking.
ON THE MEDIA | Decolonize How? Do we really need foreign correspondents?
Who is best placed to report on humanitarian situations. Is it the cadre of “international” journalists or their local counterparts?
Online documentary training moving into production – Your support needed
This ambitious online documentary filmmaking training needs the generous support of committed community members like you. With your help, we will start filming and editing the instructional videos this summer.
Screen&Discuss Event at Community Church of Boston: New Immigrant and Refugee Visions
What was emphasized during the discussion is that it is up to those that believe in the US as a nation of immigrants, to counter the lies and misinformation that is permeating the current dialogue about new immigrants and refugees in the US. It is incumbent on all of us to speak out against xenophobia and hatred toward the newest members of our communities.