The Patch and Wicked Local, 3/18/21, Salem|Local Event, by Rae Francoeur New Immigrant and Refugee Visions filmmaker Kebrewosen Densamo SALEM — In Ethiopia, where Yonas Badi grew up, people would go to a neighbor to “borrow fire” when they didn’t have the money for a...
JP Movie Night hosted a 1 hour online Q&A on March 18th 2021. Filmmakers Rafael DeLeon and Qin Li were joined by the subject of Rafael's film, Annabelle adn Michael Sheridan, director of CSFilm. Attendees watched five of the ten New Immigrant and Refugee Vision...
Community Supported Film and I lost a a great friend, adviser, teacher, mentor and guiding artist and filmmaker when Denise Marika died of cancer in July 2018. February 28th was Denise's birthday. Despite the sadness of not being able to toast (and roast) her in...
Community Supported Film is celebrating its 10th anniversary! First and foremost, THANK YOU for supporting our efforts. I hope you will continue to support our work and I also hope that you will help us evaluate the first decade and set our direction for the next....
Braulio Tellez-Vilches participated as a trainee and filmmaker in Community Supported Film's New Immigrant and Refugee Visions and produced the film Lift with Your Heart. Braulio traveled a long hard journey to arrive at the US boarder from Cuba in 2017. He has a...
Inspire conversation and action among diverse audiences about the immigrant experience in the United States. We are looking for ideas, hosts and new audiences to Screen&Discuss the New Immigrant and Refugee Visions films. CONTACT US: Please call us at +1 (617)...
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
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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