Films
Upcoming Films
Caryn Cline: Organic Films
Directed by Caryn Cline
Tonight we welcome Seattle filmmaker and Evergreen College faculty member Caryn Cline for an evening of her work focusing on …
City Lights
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin, neverendingly empathetic to his characters—and thus to their real-world counterparts, usually the poor and downtrodden of American society—crafted perhaps …
No Man’s Land
Directed by David Byars
In January 2016, a well-armed band of anti-government militants led by the sons of renegade rancher Cliven Bundy took control …
Singin’ in the Rain
Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
The greatest musical ever made? Many would vote for this exuberant valentine to the days when movies learned to talk. …
In Pursuit of Silence
Directed by Patrick Shen
Few documentaries (or feature narratives, for that matter), are as meditative and deeply engrossing as In Pursuit of Silence, Shen’s …
Poetic Migrations
Directed by Roland Dahwen Wu, Stacey Tran, Jonathan Raissi, Kalimah Abioto, Samiya Bashir
Poetry, science fiction, and the immigrant experience collide in these three films by Portland filmmakers. Haft Seen (30 mins.) combines …
Charlie Vs. Goliath
Directed by Reed Lindsay
In 2014, 75-year-old Charlie Hardy, a retired Catholic priest, returned to his hometown of Cheyenne, Wyoming, to discover shocking poverty …
Dolores
Directed by Peter Bratt
The dynamic speaker Cesar Chavez first comes to mind when considering the decades of work of the United Farmworkers Union …
Heidi
Directed by Alain Gsponer
Johanna Spyri’s classic children’s novels return to the screen for a new generation. Our heroine Heidi is sent to live …
The Illinois Parables
Directed by Deborah Stratman
Stratman’s latest feature—following such crucial works as O’er the Land (2009)—is an 11-part historical compendium, comprised of discrete stories of …
Killer of Sheep
Directed by Charles Burnett
Made as the thesis film for his Master’s degree from UCLA, Burnett’s piercing yet tender look into post-’68 African-American life …
The Reagan Show
Directed by Pacho Velez, Sierra Pettengill
Our current president wasn’t the first to ride media and celebrity fame to the White House. Ronald Reagan transitioned from …