Who is best placed to report on humanitarian situations. Is it the cadre of “international” journalists or their local counterparts?
ON THE MEDIA | Decolonize How? Do we really need foreign correspondents?
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Updates
Online documentary training moving into production – Your support needed
This ambitious online documentary filmmaking training needs the generous support of committed community members like you. With your help, we will start filming and editing the instructional videos this summer.
Screen&Discuss Event at Community Church of Boston: New Immigrant and Refugee Visions
What was emphasized during the discussion is that it is up to those that believe in the US as a nation of immigrants, to counter the lies and misinformation that is permeating the current dialogue about new immigrants and refugees in the US. It is incumbent on all of us to speak out against xenophobia and hatred toward the newest members of our communities.
CSFilm included in TV program by Transcultural Exchange
Transcultural Exchange released EPISODE 5, Caught in the Crosshairs, of their new TV series. It includes a segment on Community Supported Film (20:22).
Thank you! We made our $20,000 goal – and then some
“I thought a lot about you and what you taught us while making this video.
CSFilm’s work is truly making a difference!”
ON THE MEDIA | #LookListenLocal: ‘I’m not just covering the news – I’m living it’: Gaza’s citizen journalists chronicling life in war
The goal, she says, was to teach her followers that there was more to Gaza than conflict and destruction.
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
Screen&Discuss campaigns inspire new thinking and action among diverse audiences. See documentation from previous events and learn how you can organize your own.
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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