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NIRV Screen&Discuss Event Series hosted by ARYSE and Casa San Jose (Pittsburgh)

NIRV Screen&Discuss Event Series hosted by ARYSE and Casa San Jose (Pittsburgh)

Join the Alliance For Refugee Youth Support And Education (ARYSE) and Casa San Jose for a series of 3 virtual film screening events with the New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) film collection.

RSVP via Eventbrite to receive a link to the event in your inbox on the day of the event. ARYSE and Casa San Jose will also share the link on the Facebook page on the day of each event.

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NIRV Screen&Discuss at Viterbo University

NIRV Screen&Discuss at Viterbo University

Online from La Crosse, WI, November 17, 8pm (7pm CST) Students at Viterbo University, a private Franciscan university in Wisconsin, will host a virtual Screen&Discuss on Tuesday, November 17! This online event is free and open to the public.  Watch and discuss...

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El Paso Film Festival Interviews NIRV Filmmakers

El Paso Film Festival Interviews NIRV Filmmakers

Qin Li's Campaign for a New American and Kebrewosen Densamo's Borrowing Fire are included in the El Paso Film Festival 2020, one of the largest showcases of independently made narrative and documentary films in the southwest. The festival inspires individuals and...

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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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