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In accordance with the recent mandate from Oregon Governor Kate Brown, masks are required during Open-Air Cinema at OMSI. Masks continue to be required for all staff and visitors at the Portland Art Museum, including Venice VR Expanded.

Genre: Documentary

Abortion: Stories Women Tell

Directed by Tracy Droz Tragos

The US Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade gave every woman the right to have an abortion, but today a …

After Spring

Directed by Ellen Martinez, Steph Ching

The Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan is the largest gathering spot in the Middle East for the millions of refugees …

Agnès Varda Shorts Program Three

Directed by Agnès Varda

Six shorts from the mid-70s up through the early aughts, capturing Varda at her unpredictable and charming best. This program …

Agnès Varda Shorts Program Two

Directed by Agnès Varda

Four early-mid-career Varda shorts—two exploring varieties of love and two from her late-60s trip to California—craft unforgettable portraits of very …

Agnès Varda: From Here to There

Directed by Agnès Varda

This five-episode television commission is one of Agnès Varda’s most charming and underseen works. Shot through with her unique brand …

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Directed by Alison Klayman

Ai Weiwei is China’s most famous international artist and its most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship …

Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case

Directed by Andreas Johnsen

Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai has continued to meet the full force of …

Aida’s Secrets

Directed by Alon Schwarz, Shaul Schwarz

In this sweeping international story that begins in World War II and concludes in an emotional family reunion seven decades …

Alaskan Native Wisdom: The People of the Caribou

Directed by Lawrence Johnson

Athabascans have inhabited Alaska for over 14,500 years. Also known as the Caribou People, there are 12 distinct linguistic groups …

Alaskan Native Wisdom: The People of the Whale

Directed by Lawrence Johnson

The Inupiaq people are experiencing unprecedented changes and yet continue to cherish their rich way of life in the uppermost …

Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution

Directed by Alex Meillier

Once an aspiring documentary filmmaker, Kirsty Sword instead became a revolutionary, working in Jakarta for the Timorese resistance. Using the …

All the Labor

Directed by Douglas Hawes-Davis

For two decades, The Gourds have played their rock/folk/country tunes, gathered cult listeners, and always managed to float just under …

The Northwest Film Center recognizes and honors the Indigenous peoples of this region on whose ancestral lands the museum now stands. These include the Willamette Tumwater, Clackamas, Kathlemet, Molalla, Multnomah and Watlala Chinook Peoples and the Tualatin Kalapuya who today are part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, and many other Native communities who made their homes along the Columbia River. We also want to recognize that Portland today is a community of many diverse Native peoples who continue to live and work here. We respectfully acknowledge and honor all Indigenous communities—past, present, future—and are grateful for their ongoing and vibrant presence.