“Somos valiente!” — We are brave, said an audience member who believes that immigrants always put themselves forward. She emphasized that immigrants should take pride in maintaining and sharing their cultures, foods and languages. She is one of many immigrants in...
“Just put yourself in the other person’s shoes,” urged a student at SUNY New Paltz, emphasizing the importance of compassion for others. Our project New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) aims to do exactly that by using short films to encourage empathy, awareness...
The Jambar (Youngstown State University newspaper) September 19, 2018 By Victoria Remley [edited by CSFilm for length and accuracy] The new short films by [Community Supported Film’s] New Immigrant and Refugee Visions project … give audience members a glimpse of...
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Brooklyn Public Library in Brooklyn, NY for a CSFilm New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) Screen & Discuss event. We were excited to share this work in Brooklyn, where 37.5% of the population were born outside the US...
NIRV Highlights, Issue 6, September 7, 2018 Previous NIRV Highlights Issues Download this issue as PDF For this issue of NIRV Highlights, Community Supported Film is delighted to share three newly completed NIRV films, announce a variety of Screen & Discuss...
A federal court has ruled that a private prison company can be held liable for forcing detained immigrants to work for as little as $1 a day to clean, cook, and maintain an immigration prison it operates in Georgia. Source: Court allows claims to move forward against...
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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