A selection of films from The Fruit of Our Labor-Afghan Perspectives in Film are screening at the 3rd Annual Afghan Documentary Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden, December 11-13. The films include Beyond Fatigue, by Baqir, Searching for a Path, by Reza, Death to the...
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Premiere US Screening of all Ten Haitian-made Films.
Owning Our Future-Haitian Perspectives in Film Get your tickets now for the premiere US screening of all ten Haitian-made films. Wednesday, October 21, 7:15-8:50pm Kendall Square Cinema, One Kendall Square, at 355 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA,...
London, England-The Messenger is the Message
THE FOUNDRY A Place for Change The Messenger is the Message Michael Sheridan will speak at The Foundry, London (July 7, 12:00-1:00) about his work to put Afghans and Haitians in charge of the storytelling about their community’s economic and social development...
Brighton, England-The Messenger is the Message
The Messenger is the Message Michael Sheridan will speak at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, England, (July 2, 13:00-14:30) about his work to put Afghans and Haitians in charge of the storytelling about their community’s economic and social...
Owning Our Future- Haitian Perspective films accepted into Jamaican film festival
Owning Our Future films 'Ghetto Green, Ghetto Clean,' 'Threading the Needle' & 'Brave The World' accepted into this year's GATFFEST Film Festival, June 25-28, Kingston and Montego Bay, Jamaica. GATFFEST 2015 June 1, 2015, original, Jamaica-Gleaner On Friday, the...
Haitian Film Screening & Discussion, June 19, Cambridge, MA
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 7pm, Free Mobius, 55 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 CSFilm founder and director Michael Sheridan will present a screening of Owning Our Future - Haitian Perspectives in Film and will discuss how stories told by Haitians themselves can augment...
Vision and Mission
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
Samples of CSFilm’s Work
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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