[Ed. 7/21: The last names of Afghan filmmakers and images of those still in the country have been removed due to the increasing insecurity in Afghanistan.] The first International Women's Film Festival in Afghanistan was held this year from March 6th to 9th. The...
Updates
Online Video Fest of the Films in Full – through April 8th!
Watch ten brilliant films made by Afghans in a storytelling training conducted by Community Supported Film. Between March 13th and April 8th, NAMAC (The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture) and Community Supported Film will bring you the entire Fruit of Our...
On-line Conversation: A Sustainable Approach to Community-Based Storytelling
[Ed. 7/21: The last names of Afghan filmmakers and images of those still in the country have been removed due to the increasing insecurity in the country.] Exploring issues of documentary capacity building and public engagement through a media arts lens....
Before and After a Training – Look, Listen and Witness the Transformation
Before and After a Training - Look, Listen and Witness the Transformation by Michael Sheridan, Founder and Director of Community Supported Film From November to January I did three trainings in Indonesia and one in Afghanistan. These commissioned trainings have...
International Women’s Day Short Films – with CSFilm’s “The Fruit of Our Labor” – Baltimore, MD
Creative Alliance and the Baltimore Resettlement Center present.... International Women’s Day: Short Films Series and Panel Presentation Thursday March 7th, 2013 at 7:30 PM Creative Alliance at The Patterson 3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD 21224...
CSFilm Selected as Echoing Green Semi-Finalist
Community Supported Film is proud to announce we have reached the semi-finalist round for the 2013 Echoing Green Fellowship. Out of 3,000 candidate submissions, CSFilm's Michael Sheridan was among 444 social entrepreneurs selected to continue on to the next level of...
Vision and Mission
Community Supported Film (CSFilm) amplifies local voices in under- and mis-represented communities so that they can effectively communicate their lived realities through documentary filmmaking.
We believe that if people learn about the world’s challenges from the local perspective they will be better able to demand the right actions from their governments and to support effective humanitarian responses.
Michael Sheridan, Director of CSFilm, on the impact of local perspectives
Samples of CSFilm’s Work
Excerpt from Haitian filmmaker Bichara Villarson’s Owned and Occupied, part of the Owning Our Future: Haitian Perspectives in Film film collection.
Excerpt from Afghan filmmaker Aqeela’s The Road Above, part of The Fruit of Our Labor: Afghan Perspectives in Film film collection.
These films are made to stimulate dialogue. Here is an excerpt from a New Immigrant and Refugee Visions Screen&Discuss event.
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