From a colleague in Afghanistan: Kabul city is currently surrounded by those wild creatures in this black forest. Those predators have become more savage and unrestrained than before.
The black future of Afghanistan
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Updates
Hasibullah, CSFilm filmmaker, featured in BBC/NPR radio report – “As long as Pakistan supports the Taliban the war here will continue.”
Hasibullah, participant in CSFilm's 2010-14 training and maker of L is for Light, D is for Darkness, added important perspective today to a radio report from Afghanistan. Here is an excerpt. Listen to or read the full story at PRI-The World. Moshtag is a candy store...
ON MIGRATION | Short film festival focused on stories related to Black and immigrant mental health.
Voices With Impact is hosting an online short film festival focused on stories related to Black and immigrant mental health. The festival kicks off on Monday, June 21 with a virtual premiere...
Live films by and about refugees around the world
Refugee filmmakers filmed their lived realities from refugee camps in Greece, Kenya, Uganda, Jordan and as asylum seekers in Indonesia and Mexico for three screenings at the prestigious Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, April and May 2021. Each filmmaker...
ON FILMMAKING | Documentary activism across multiple media platforms
Inez Hedges, longtime CSFilm supporter and retired Chair of Cinema Studies at Northeastern University, where she hired CSFilm director Michael Sheridan to teach, has written a review of two new books on documentary activism and new approaches to distribution. In her...
“These films allow us to share our humanity” NIRV Screen&Discuss hosted by The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables, a colonial mansion turned non-profit museum, hosted the second in a series of virtual New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) Screen&Discuss on Wednesday, March 24th. The event featured two films from the NIRV collection of short...
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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