Documentary Filmmaking Training, Production and Public Engagement Download: NIRV Summary, NIRV - Call for Applicants: Details - Apply Now! Introduction: New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) is a messaging project designed to inform US public opinion about...
Thankful for the opportunity to screen films from "Owning Our Future-Haitian Perspectives in Film" today at the Haitian Diaspora Challenge Initiative Symposium. The spirit of "Owning our Future" fit well with the general theme of the day that Haitians must own and...
Michael Sheridan will teach Filmmaking Fundamentals, a semester long class, beginning January 24th. This course explores fiction and non-fiction filmmaking production and blends hands-on production with history and theory. Click here to see the full description and...
In these post-election days of angst, confusion and uncertainty, I’m clear about one issue. Our news networks do not report from the local perspective, they are centralized and disconnected. That there is so much news and so little understanding of the concerns and...
The Messenger is the Message: US Media's role in election outcome has reaffirmed CSFilm's commitment to strengthening the public's understanding of social and economic concerns – whether at home or abroad – from the local perspective. News media is too centralized,...
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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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