At our recent New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) Screen & Discuss events around the country, we asked our audiences to identify their heritage, and how recently their families came to the US. Click on the images below to see detail on the countries they come...
Over 600 people were inspired, transformed, and motivated by New Immigrant and Refugee Visions Screen & Discuss events held in multiple states over the last several months. Audiences engaged with films by and about immigrants and told us that they learned new...
Michael Sheridan, CSFilm Founding Director, will present two workshops at Harvard Kennedy School of Government Fridays, Nov 2 and Nov 9, 2-4 pm. Part 1 – Visualizing issues with a video camera, Nov 2, 2-4 How to successfully translate topics and policy issues into...
Campaign for a New American will screen at the One Revere Diwali Celebration this Friday, Nov 2, 6:30 pm. New Immigrant and Refugee Visions trainee/filmmaker Qin Li made this film about Dimple Rana's campaign for Revere City Council in 2017. This film is one of ten...
"It's taken me a long time to learn that when talking with those whose opinions are different from mine I can't be curious and judgmental at the same time." — This was said by an audience member during a New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) Screen &...
Thanks to KIMT News 3 (TV) for featuring the Diversity Council and Community Supported Film's "community conversation" about immigration in Rochester, Minnesota on Friday, the 26th of October. "Immigration film being shown Friday in Rochester" Immigrants, refugees and...
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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