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 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...
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...
Dear Mr. Michael, I hope this letter finds you well. This is Steeve Colin, and I wanted to take the time to express my deep thanks for the training you gave on community film-making, and explain why it held a special importance for me. I was raised in Cite Soleil,...
jamaicaplainforum.org Jamaica Plain Forum Haitian Perspectives in Film By Hero Ashman The US premier of Haitian Perspectives In Film took place at this week’s Jamaica Plain Forum. Six short documentaries made by six newly trained Haitian filmmakers were screened to...
The JP Forum premiere of Owning our Future: Haitian Perspectives in Film was a great success with a packed house of 120 in attendance. It was particularly exciting to have with us from Haiti, trainee, filmmaker and journalist, Robenson Sanon. Robenson really...
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.
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