Michael Sheridan will teach the Documentary Bootcamp course at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. The course is a one week intensive, January 13-17, 2014, covering the full production experience in fast motion: project definition, project...
Another moment in life of mixed emotions: We are very sorry to see Ali Pinschmidt, Program Coordinator, moving on after two and a half years at CSFilm, and very happy that Kate Bamberg has agreed to join us. Ali started when the operation was still working out of my...
We are very excited to announce that, beginning October 23, 2013, all ten shorts from The Fruit of Our Labor will be featured on Daazo.com - The European Short Film Centre. For one month, all of the films will be available to watch, comment on, or "like" through...
[Ed. 7/21: CSFilm has removed the last names of Afghans and the images of those still in the country due to the deteriorating security situation.] Check out this insightful article originally published in REORIENT Magazine—a publication that covers Middle Eastern arts...
"Inspired by the model of community-supported agriculture, community-supported film would apply the principle of investing directly in people on the ground to support the production of high-quality films from a local perspective." Last year, Eka Budianta and Ben J....
Did you know that Culture Unplugged hosts film festivals online free for all to see? Watch The Fruit of Our Labor: Afghan Perspectives in Film on Friday, May 17th at 11:30PM EST on Culture Unplugged. In an effort to transcend isolation and...
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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