During Michael’s June trip to Afghanistan he reached out to the international community for BTKW production funding.
Donor Meetings in Kabul
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Updates
Return to Afghanistan
The photos below are from my flight from Dubai to Kabul. In our recent video it is said that "for many Afghans you are a foreigner whether you are from 7 or 7000 miles away." Looking down at this extreme landscape it is much easier to understand how isolated many...
Conversation on Brewing Tea in a Kettle of War
Tuesday, December 15, 6:30-8:30, at Boston University 147 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (corner of Silber Way and Bay State Road) Ample parking is available on the street – The closest T stop is Kenmore on the Green Line Michael Sheridan will make a presentation on the...
Endorsement from Rory Stewart
"Brewing Tea in a Kettle of War is an important project because it will focus attention on the urgent need for a long-term commitment to locally led and implemented economic and social development in Afghanistan. This message is essential to win public support for the...
Return from Afghanistan
Thank you for your support and concern during my recent trip to Afghanistan. Unlike the 24 US troops who died since the weekend and the many uncounted daily Afghan casualties of war and poverty, I returned safely to Boston on Sunday. I return with the certainty that...
Embed with US military Kapisa province Provincial Reconstruction Team
Photos of my time with the US military's Kapisa province Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) are courtesy of Captain Darrick Lee, US Air Force Public Affairs Officer. I apologize that many of these photos include me in the shot - but they should give you a sense 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.
Excerpt from Dominican filmmaker Rafael DeLeon’s She’s an American Child, part of the New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) 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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