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...
Join us at one of the Screen & Discuss events listed below. If you are in the vicinity we invite you to join us for one of the following New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) Screen & Discuss events. A selection of NIRV short films will be screened that...
Community Media Day is on October 20, followed by Free Speech Week from October 22-26. To celebrate both, the Belmont Media Center will be hosting an Open Mic on October 20 from 1-5p. They are open to musical performers, poets, mediamakers, artists, politicians and...
The New Paltz Oracle (SUNY - New Paltz newspaper) October 4, 2018 by Matthew McDonough Boston based film-making group Community Supported Film presented their new collection of films, titled “New Immigrant and Refugee Visions” at SUNY New Paltz on Wednesday, Sept. 26....
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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.
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