CSFilm New Immigrant and Refugee Visions filmmaker, Qin Li, has been appointed as a Visiting Assistant Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley in the Beatrice Bain Research Group (BBRG) from February-April 2018. Qin participated in CSFilm’s four-month...
"I remember like it was yesterday" is a series produced by our friends over at Longwood Media. Not only has Jorgy Cruz been working diligently on his own projects AND editing for NIRV, but he is also capturing the little intimate stories that connect us all. Watch the...
Help us arrange screenings of the NIRV films! We are looking for locations and hosts to arrange events to screen and discuss a selection of the New Immigrant and Refugee Visions films. Our goal is to use these events to inspire conversation and action among diverse...
Thank you very much for attending last week’s Meet the Filmmakers, Meet your Neighbors event hosted and organized by Roxbury-Dorchester Power in Community. It was great to have you there and to have so many new and familiar faces in attendance. We are especially...
Immigrant filmmakers share stories with neighbors in South End, Roxbury, Dorchester While Denzel Washington films scenes for his latest movie a few blocks away, ten immigrant filmmakers based in the South End/Roxbury are producing ten short documentary films about the...
NIRV Highlights, Issue 3, September 9, 2017 PDF | Project Details | Other Highlights: Training Begins; Editing and Salsa; NIRVana; For this issue of NIRV Highlights, Community Supported Film is delighted to share the story of one of our donors and volunteers,...
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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