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Return to Afghanistan
The photos below are from my flight from Dubai to Kabul. In our recent video it is said that “for many Afghans you are a foreigner whether you are from 7 or 7000 miles away.” Looking down at this...
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Daily Affairs in Sunny Kabul
Kabul is sunny and clear blue, except that is for the dense haze of dust and smog. Incredible that people’s lungs can take it. No wonder the average life span is 44. At night it is like driving...
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Kite flying in Kabul
On many days the sky in Kabul is full of small kites. The children here love flying kites. The reality here is that most children don’t have very many toys and there are only very rarely any...
View ArticleTwo Notes to Self
Note to self: Don’t use the dry cleaner next to the butcher. I was very excited to see my button down shirts coming back so clean and nicely pressed. This is particularly pleasing after the cloths...
View ArticleGet the troops out?
While Obama announces troop reductions from Afghanistan and opponents in the west call for either a faster withdrawal or for staying the course, most Afghans are divided on the issue but fear the...
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Teaching Video Intensive at Maine Media Workshops
On the road to the Maine Media Workshops to teach a one week intensive in video production and storytelling. They call it Video Bootcamp. After my years in Afghanistan, and with tongue-in-cheek, I...
View ArticleSupport an end to war that secures peace for Afghans
Afghan civilians are asking for a responsible and sustained engagement by the international community that will secure their peace and not only the end of the international community’s war. Every week...
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Radio Documentary Training in Kabul, Afghanistan – November, 2012
November 13, 2012 – Update from Afghanistan I’m now in Kabul to conduct a radio documentary training for the Afghan staff of America Abroad Media, and yesterday was a tough roller coaster ride of a...
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Michael Sheridan teaching doc filmmaking course in Boston
If you are interested in learning documentary filmmaking and are in or can get to Boston, USA, I’ll be teaching an intensive one-week course at Massachusetts College of Art and Design January 11-15,...
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Summer 16 Newsletter
Screening of Haitian-made films in Boston Wednesday, June 29th, 6:00 – 8:30 PM Irish International Immigrant Center, 100 Franklin Street, Lower Level, Boston, MA 02110 (entrance at 201 Devonshire...
View ArticleMLK clearing my head in Atlanta
In the Atlanta airport in a drab hallway above an escalator there is a shockingly minimal kiosk about the life and beliefs of MLK. It is literally in the shadows […]
View ArticleWelcome!
Flight from Dubhai to Kabul: 176 turbaned, caped and hat’d Afghan traders, white guy with two Phillipino girls and me. Won $180 in the lottery on the flight! No food […]
View ArticleWalk it out
Day 1 afternoon Couldn’t keep my eyes open on the drive home from meeting at the National Solidarity Program with Jamshed. Pushed my self through till 9. Awake and anxious […]
View ArticleGuns or development
Just back from three intense and interesting days in a village documenting the work of a Community Development Council setup through the National Solidarity Program of the Afghan government. The […]
View ArticleEarthquake
My chair starts to shake then the floor – bombs or earthquake? There have been a number of planes flying overhead. I got out of the room with a “shit” […]
View ArticleReturn from Afghanistan
Thank you for your support and concern during my recent trip to Afghanistan. Unlike the 24 US troops who died since the weekend and the many uncounted daily Afghan casualties […]
View ArticleUS Election Results Highlight Importance of CSFilm’s Mission
The Messenger is the Message: US Media’s role in election outcome has reaffirmed CSFilm’s commitment to strengthening the public’s understanding of social and economic concerns – whether at home or...
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