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...
Showing-Up-for-Racial-Justice (SURJ-Boston) and CSFilm collaborated for a virtual Screen&Discuss event on Sunday, October 4 that attracted over 50 people and brought together NIRV filmmakers and film subjects as well as MA and NY-based organizers for a discussion...
Northshore Magazine The House of the Seven Gables hosts New Immigrant and Refugee Visions - Screening and Discussion For more information, please contact: Julie Arrison-Bishop jarrison@7gables.org, 978-744-0991, ext. 152 Register for this event Facebook:...
The House of the Seven Gables, a colonial mansion turned non-profit museum in Salem Massachusetts, hosted a virtual NIRV Screen&Discuss on Wednesday, October 7 in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month. The discussion was informed by the screening of: She’s an...
Online from Boston, MA, October 4, 12:30-2:30 EST Join Showing-Up-for-Racial-Justice (SURJ-Boston) and CSFilm for a discussion about the impact on immigrants and refugees of race relations, the current administration's policies and budget cuts, and COVID. The...
During this Welcoming Week 2020, the Greater Lafayette Immigrant Allies (Lafayette, IN) organized a virtual NIRV Screen&Discuss to highlight the experiences of immigrants in US politics. "I learned that the fight for ethnic representation in our political system...
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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.
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