Documentary Bootcamp – seven week intensive in-person filmmaking course, 5/28/25 – 7/9/25

Apr 6, 2026

Documentary Bootcamp is a seven-week, immersive learning experience covering the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking from pre- to post-production. Participants learn storytelling principles, the aesthetic and technical skills for image making and sound recording,...

Meet the Makers – Afghanistan: The Wounded Land – from WGBH-The World Channel

Aug 18, 2022

Event Description: A conversation about the generational effects of endless war on Afghanwomen. Directors of ‘Afghanistan: The Wounded Land’ Mayte Carrasco and Marcel Mettelsiefenwill be joined by Nasrin Nawa, former senior journalist for the BBC in...

ON THE MEDIA | Seven African comics and graphic novels that center Black experiences are being adapted to film

Feb 23, 2022

While locally produced superhero comics written by Africans for Africans have been gaining fandom since the late 1980s, the popularity of African comics skyrocketed in 2016. Source: Seven African comics and graphic novels that center Black experiences are being...

Filmmakers in exile speak to their and their country’s trauma. – JP Movie Night Screen&Discuss

Nov 10, 2021

Ten years ago ten Afghan filmmakers – with the assistance of Roslindale’s Community Supported Film (CSFilm) – made ten short documentaries showing the lives of their countrymen and women. The docs provided a ground level view of life in the war ravaged...

New Immigrant & Refugee Visions Screen&Discuss hosted by The House of the Seven Gables, November 10th, 6-7:30pm, Online.

Nov 10, 2021

The House of the Seven Gables, a colonial mansion turned non-profit museum in Salem Massachusetts, josted a virtual New Immigrant and Refugee Visions Screen&Discuss event in November. The discussion was informed by the screening of: Navigating Hope, by...