Michael Sheridan will teach a semester long Filmmaking Fundamentals course at MassArt, Boston, this fall. Please join us or spread the word. Class Name Film Production Fundamentals Start Date September 6, 2016 End Date December 13, 2016 Meeting Days Tuesdays Time...
Michael Sheridan, director and founder of Community Supported Film, will join Anthony Riddle, BRIC Brooklyn Public Network, and Bonnie Schumacher, St. Paul Neighborhood Network, to speak about building documentary programs at the Our Town Annual Conference of the...
Wednesday, June 29th, 6:00 - 8:30 PM Irish International Immigrant Center 100 Franklin Street, Lower Level, Boston, MA 02110 (entrance at 201 Devonshire St) Join Community Supported Film (CSFilm) and the Irish International Immigrant Center (IIIC) for a...
Screening of Haitian-made films in Boston Wednesday, June 29th, 6:00 - 8:30 PM Irish International Immigrant Center, 100 Franklin Street, Lower Level, Boston, MA 02110 (entrance at 201 Devonshire St) Join Community Supported Film (CSFilm) and the Irish...
The Atis Rezistans (Artists' Resistance) is highlighted in the following Associated Press article. CSFilm's trainee Robenson Sanon produced Out of the Rubble on an artist in this group. The film is part of the collection, Owning Our Future-Haitian Perspectives in...
policy.mic, by Amber van Moessner February 25, 2016 Armed with mobile devices and social media, citizen journalists around the world have become essential agents of democracy, bearing witness to criminal behavior and abuses of power that might otherwise remain...
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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