Aug 5, 2022
Sunday, August 15 The day Kabul fell to the Taliban, August 15, 2021, Basir and his family made their first attempt to get into the airport and onto a plane. Four hours after their ordeal started, I got this WhatsApp voice recording from Basir: At 4 am we left the...
Aug 5, 2022
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...
Aug 5, 2022
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...
Jun 27, 2022
Afghans you have generously helped continue to need assistance. Since last August, Community Supported Film’s supporters have contributed over $43,000 to our Fund for Afghan Evacuation and Resettlement. CSFilm has distributed close to $45,000 and worked...
May 23, 2022
The Art Ranger, aka artist Melissa Smedley, produced a podcast on the work and sounds of CSFilm. The Department of Homeland Inspiration podcasts are about the accidental beauty and often absurdity of being alive. The Art Ranger, specializes in seeking out “found...
