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Genre: Documentary

Trash Dance

Directed by Andrew Garrison

Sometimes inspiration is found in unexpected places. Choreographer Allison Orr sees beauty and grace in garbage trucks and in the …

Trouble No More

Directed by Jennifer Lebeau

Trouble No More showcases Bob Dylan’s creative and spiritual mindset during his “born again” gospel era, which generated three of …

Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art

Directed by James Crump

As part of the 1960s/1970s rebellion against materialistic values sweeping American culture, a cadre of artists sought to create a …

Trudell

Directed by Heather Rae

Freely experimenting with documentary form, Heather Rae’s (Cherokee) film about American Indian activist and poet John Trudell, a Santee Sioux …

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True Story

Directed by Robert Frank

Speaking in voiceover, Frank narrates scenes shot in his homes in New York and Nova Scotia. His rambling commentary returns …

Two Roads

Directed by Troy Moth, Josh Lambert

The rich culture of the Anishinaabe, still vital despite a history of genocide and marginalization, comes alive through the fluid …

Two Trains Runnin’

Directed by Sam Pollard

In June, 1964, college students from throughout the country, impassioned by the civil rights movement, traveled to Mississippi in what …

UFOlogist

Directed by Anna Sandilands, Ewan McNicol

Peter Davenport’s life work is running the National UFO Reporting Center.

Uksuum Cauyai: The Drums of Winter

Directed by Leonard Kamerling, Sarah Elder

Shot in 1977, this award-winning ethnographic documentary explores the traditional dance, music, and spiritual world of the Yup’ik Eskimo people …

Under the Sun

Directed by Vitaliy Manskiy

Shot with the permission and supervision of North Korean authorities, Russian director Vitaliy Manskiy’s film turns a propaganda effort into …

Union Maids

Directed by Julia Reichert, Jim Klein, Miles Mogulescu

Told through the eyes of three remarkable women, Union Maids opens up one of the great untold stories in our …

Union Maids / The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant / Making Morning Star

Directed by Julia Reichert

This program features three labor films by Julia Reichert and collaborators, focused on diverse areas of American work — housekeeping, …

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.