Genre: Documentary
Diamond Box
Directed by Rodrigo Valenzuela
Valenzuela lived three years without documentation and hired day laborers from the parking lots he used to haunt for this …
SF Hitch
Directed by Vanessa Renwick
Renwick reflects on a 1981 trip she took with her wolf dog to San Francisco “where even the bums were …
Burden of Dreams
Directed by Les Blank, Maureen Gosling
Werner Herzog spent four years in the jungles of Peru making FITZCARRALDO, the chronicle of a mad Irish dreamer who …
500 Years
Directed by Pamela Yates
Completing her epic trilogy about Guatemala, which launched with When the Mountains Tremble (1983), a film that contributed to the …
Vestibular Matching Soundtrack
Directed by McKenzie Blake
Advances in technology also create linguistic rifts. Having been born largely deaf, a cochlear implant has provided the director access …
Chavela
Directed by Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi
Chavela is a vivid salute to the wild, unconventional life of beloved performer Chavela Vargas, whose passionate renditions of Mexican …
Karl Lind: Videos, Collaborations & Unclassifiable Video Based Ephemera
Directed by Karl Lind
With an eye and taste for the uncanny, Portland director Karl Lind’s videos expound upon the bizarre. Along with new …
24 Frames
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Three years in the making and Kiarostami’s final film before his death in 2016, each segment in 24 Frames offers …
Fresh Film Northwest: People, Places & Stories
Directed by PJ Hase, Skala Leake, LINDSEY NORDIN, CAELAN HENSLEY, BROOKE REICHERT, HALEY HUCKINS, KAILEY MILLER, Maya Konz, Kajsa Woolford, Nolan Baker, Bailey Wall, Isabella Myers, Maya Rodrigo-Abdi, Shine St. Goddard, ASHLEA FRISON, Govind Baskin-Brussell, Shanti Stein-Gagnon
This special program from the Northwest Film Center's Fresh Film Northwest youth made film festival brings together short films that …
Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival
Directed by Fabrizio Terranova
Donna Haraway is one of contemporary philosophy’s most important and vital thinkers, her work playful and wide ranging in a …
On Her Shoulders
Directed by Alexandria Bombach
Winner of the Directing Award for U.S. Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, Alexandria Bombach’s film captures the vital urgency …
Native Wisdom: The People of the Oregon Coast
Directed by Lawrence Johnson
Native American elders, indigenous scientists, and cultural leaders from the Pacific Coast–including the Confederated Tribes of Siletz, Confederated Tribes of …