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Community Voice Lab

Collaborative storytelling. Bringing voice and visibility to community stories.

Two women talking in a hallway

Two people standing with their backs to the camera

A woman interviewing a homeless man in front of a tent

Some men being filmed sitting around a table and talking

A woman watching a little girl play with a toy

Contact Us

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School of Communication 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 United States

The Community Voice Lab produces documentary films that capture the voices of community storytellers too often unseen and unheard. The creative ethos of Community Voice is that of collaboration, rather than extraction, in which our filmmakers and local storytellers work together to tell stories of hope, resilience and determination for the common good.

Community Voice Lab

Community Voice Lab Film Series

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News and Events

Communications

Community Stories Film Festival Featuring AU Filmmakers Nov. 21

AU SOC’s Community Voice Lab is proud to present four films by AU student filmmakers that will be featured on Saturday, November 21.

Communications

Community Voice Partners with Street Sense Media

The Community Voice Lab’s new partnership aims to connect AU’s film community with the Street Sense filmmaker’s co-op.

Communications

Meet the Community Voice Fellows

Meet the talented fellows of the Community Voice Lab.

a group of young students stand in front of the red Humanities Truck

CVL Partners with Humanities Truck

Director Laura Waters Hinson leans in front of a documentary subject, man in wheelchair

Director Laura Waters Hinson New Documentary on DC's Tent City