This is the second part of a three part series. Read Against the Wall – An Afghan Evacuation Story, Part 1 It was August 19th 2021, three days after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. I received a startling email from Rahmat, one of our editors: Dear Michael, Hope...
A year ago today three Afghan families that worked with Community Supported Film (CSFilm) went through a horrific experience at the Kabul airport. They were the ‘lucky’ ones that made it into the airport and on to planes out of the country. They and tens...
[This story first appeared in October of 2021. We repost it as the anniversary approaches of the fall of Afghanistan and as we continue to work for the evacuation and resettlement of our Afghan colleagues. Parts 2 and 3 will be released later this month.] Sunday,...
The first leg of a Wahid’s 13 hour walk with his family of six to the airport wall where they searched for Polish troops. One year ago this week I started receiving emails from panicked Afghans about the Taliban takeover. Rahmat emailed with fear that he was...
The filmmakers that participated in the New Immigrant and Refugee Visions project got together in person on July 30 for the first time since the beginning of COVID. They were joined by volunteers and CSFilm staff alumni who made the 15-week training and 1 year...
