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...
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Discussion Excerpts from NIRV Screen&Discuss – Cary Memorial Library, Lexington, M
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...
NIRV Events, Resources, Partnership, Premiere
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...
NIRV Screen&Discuss at Lexington Public Library May 9
New Immigrant and Refugee Visions in film is coming to Cary Memorial Library in Lexington Thursday, May 9, 7-8:30pm 1874 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA 02420 (map) Join us for film screening and dialogue about immigrants and refugees with filmmakers Rafael DeLeon,...
NIRV Team News: Jobs, Degrees and more…
Lots has been happening for NIRV filmmakers and Community Supported Film staff. Here's the latest: CONGRATULATIONS! Sayed Hashimi was recently appointed as a media officer for the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC.Sayed worked for many years as a journalist and...
375+ celebrate NIRV films, filmmakers and subjects at the premiere
More than 375 people came to see and discuss the films and celebrate the work of the filmmakers and the lives of their subjects.
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.
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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