writing

October 2021

Central Valley Portraits

Central Valley Portraits is a photography and multimedia project created by photographer, filmmaker, and poet Yehuda Sharim.

January 2021

beyond forgetting: persecution / exile / memory

This book explores the intersection between Performance Practices, Critical & Expanded Design, and Memorial Culture, exploring cross-disciplinary working modes and educational models in response to contemporary and historical persecution and exile.

June 2018

Refugee Realities report

This report examines the U.S. refugee resettlement program and contextualizes legislation that forces employment within days of arrival at the cost of future prosperity.

April 2016

Migrant Ironies: Migrants Hope for Life Without Limitation in Houston

Personal Is Political: Migrant Ironies: Migrants Hope for Life Without Limitations in Houston

January 2016

In Houston, A Life of Contradiction Faces Migrants

In Harris County, Texas, immigrants confront the contradictions of living at the epicenter of debate.

June 2023

A Map of Light

A Map of Light is a tale of and a quest for the emergence of light at a place and time that is limited in (public) lighting around the communities, alleys, fields, factories, and homes of Merced County and rural California.

October 2023

Experiments in Freedom

Experiments in Freedom: An Interview with Yehuda Sharim

August 9, 2022

Documentary Filmmaking and the Representation of Migrant Lives: An Interview with Yehuda Sharim

Documentary Filmmaking and the Representation of Migrant Lives: An Interview with Yehuda Sharim

The Unfilmed