[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...
Watch the new CSFilm Trainee-produced film here, and read a detailed Journal Update about the training process by CSFilm director Michael Sheridan. This film by CSFilm trainees was shown at the World Bank and on Capitol Hill in early 2013. Last December Community...
West Virginia's Department of Communications & Media Studies will host a screening of The Fruit of Our Labor films, including a presentation by CSFilm director Michael Sheridan by Skype. Q&A to follow. Thursday, April 25th 2013 at 7pm West Virginia State...
On April 18th Michael Sheridan will be one of several panelists presenting at Intersections of the Global and Local in Education in the Middle East - the 2013 TA'ALIM conference on the role of art, media and technology in education in Middle Eastern countries, held...
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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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