Community Supported Film's (CSFilm) New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) films are an excellent tool to influence the national debate on immigration. But we can not reach our impact goals without your generous support. Please contribute today. The NIRV films allow...
Cities and towns across the country Welcoming Week | Welcoming America September 13-22, 2019 An annual series of events in communities across the United States. Immigrants and native born Americans gather in a spirit of unity to build strong connections across their...
New Immigrant and Refugee Visions in film is coming to GreenRoots in Chelsea, MA Thursday, June 20, 6-8pm 227 Marginal Street, #1, Chelsea, MA 2150 (map) Join us on World Refugee Day for film screening and dialogue about immigrants and refugees with filmmakers Rafael...
Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA New Immigrant and Refugee Visions in film will be featured throughout the Welcoming Interactive Convening, a 3-day gathering of over 400 leaders from across the country who are building inclusive and prosperous communities by making everyone...
Three films from the New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) collection were screened and discussed at Cary Memorial Library in Lexington, MA on May 9, 2019. NIRV filmmakers Rafael DeLeon (She’s an American Child), Qin Li (Campaign for a New American) and Braulio...
Highlights: New Immigrant and Refugee Visions NIRV Project Details | Film Excerpts | Upcoming Events | Past Issues Upcoming Get-the-NIRV Screen&Discuss Events If it’s in your neck of the woods…please join us for an upcoming event: Lexington, MASSACHUSETTS...
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
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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