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Weekend Watch Party: Experience Immigration Policy

Weekend Watch Party: Experience Immigration Policy

Have a Facebook Watch Party. Go to your Facebook page. Go to Create Post and select "Watch Party" from the lower-right pull-down of post activities. Cut and paste the following numbers, one at a time, to the bar at the top of the Add Videos dialogue window and click...

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Nashville, TN – NIRV Screen&Discuss in Sunday School Class

Nashville, TN – NIRV Screen&Discuss in Sunday School Class

NASHVILLE, Tennessee Belmont United Methodist Church presents: Screening and discussion: She's an American Child Sunday, April 19, 2020, 9:15am-10:15am CST Belmont United Methodist Church 2007 Acklen Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212 Tessa Lemos Del Pino, Executive Director...

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THIS WEEKEND Watch: Immigrants at Work

THIS WEEKEND Watch: Immigrants at Work

Immigrants at work in health care, churches and services Our weekly online New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) themed screenings allow you to watch a selection of the NIRV films with your home-bound and online family and friends. This week's theme is Immigrants...

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I was challenged to revise my assumptions of immigrants…

I was challenged to revise my assumptions of immigrants…

NIRV filmmakers Qin Li of China and Kebrewosen Densamo of Ethiopia represented CSFilm and New Immigrant and Refugee Visions at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry on Wednesday, February 26, 2020. Students, faculty and staff joined the two filmmakers in...

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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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Screen&Discuss campaigns inspire new thinking and action among diverse audiences. See documentation from previous events and learn how you can organize your own.

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Issues & Analysis

News and views on the people, places and topics of concern to Community Supported Film and our project partners.

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