Thursday night's Screen&Discuss event at the Westwood Public Library in Westwood, MA brought out local high school students. "The kids really liked it!" says teacher Pauline Chaloff. "A lot of them were surprised as to how much they liked it — "I thought it was...
WESTWOOD, Massachusetts Westwood Public Library presents: Screening and discussion: New Immigrant and Refugee Visions Thursday, December 5, 7pm-9pm Westwood Public Library (Main Branch) 660 High Street, Westwood, MA 02090 Westwood Public Library and Westwood High...
Last night's Screen&Discuss event at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston inspired conversation and motivation among museum-goers. These films motivate me to have "more neighborhood conversations," said one participant. The three films -- Borrowing Fire,...
BOSTON, Massachusetts Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum presents: Screening and discussion: New Immigrant and Refugee Visions Thursday, November 21, 5pm-7pm Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115 Featuring a screening of Lift with Your Heart by...
Jo Anderson Cavinta, Diversity Services Coordinator of the King County Library System in Washington, partnered with Alaric Bien, Senior Planner for the City of Redmond to offer a CSFilm-style Screen&Discuss event on September 17, 2019 during national Welcoming...
Community Supported Film visited North Shore Community College's Lynn campus on October 22, 2019 for a screening of films from the New Immigrant and Refugee Visions collection and a discussion with filmmakers and film subjects. Filmmakers Rafael Deleon (Dominican...
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.
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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.
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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