JANUARY/MARCH 2017
Reel Music 34 Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Dekalog Magic & Loss: Coming of Age Onscreen PLUS... FRIDAY FILM CLUB SPECIAL SCREENINGS NORTHWEST TRACKING LOOKING, REALLY LOOKING! THE FILMS OF CHANTAL AKERMAN 1968-2015
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Contemporary Color
Special Screenings
Art of Filmmaking I
iFilmmaking Basics
Starts January 19 (12 weeks)
January 7 (two half days)
The 101 of digital filmmaking
Shoot and edit on your iDevice
Basic Lighting
Narrative Production
February 11 (half day)
Starts January 17 (9 weeks)
Primer on our rental light kits
Plan and shoot a dramatic short
Canon XA-10 Camera Operation
Screenwriting Fundamentals
February 11 (half day)
Starts January 17 (9 weeks)
Primer on our rental cameras
The basics of dramatic scriptwriting
Digital Cinematography
Screenwriting Re-Mix
January 19 (9 weeks)
Starts January 19 (9 weeks)
In-depth shooting techniques
Writing for new media platforms
Digital Cinematography for Teens
Sound Recording
Starts February 4 (5 weeks)
Feb 19/26 (two half days)
Develop your creative eye
How to record high quality audio
Digital Editing
Working with the Film Composer
Jan 28/Feb 4 (two days)
February 18 (one day)
The basics of Final Cut Pro X
Documentary Production
Plan and shoot a short documentary Starts January 18 (9 weeks)
Film Distribution in the Digital Age Tap into new marketplaces & strategies
February 4 (one day)
How directors interact with musicians
Expanded Cinema: Apparatus and Methodology Explores elements of expanded cinema, focusing on 16mm projection devices
March 4 (one day)
Hands-On Learning for Creatives & Community Members
Friday, January 6, 7 pm Saturday, January 7, 7 pm Sunday, January 8, 7 pm The Prison in Twelve Landscapes, Canada/US, 2016 dir. Brett Story (90 mins., Documentary, DCP)
Timely, subtly ravaging documentary told through twelve highly poetic vignettes skirting around prisons proper, instead focused on the outward ripple effects in the most heavily incarcerated nation in the world.
Sunday, January 22, 4 pm Carvalho’s Journey, US, 2015
dir. Steve Rivo (85 mins., Documentary, DCP)
A 19th century adventure story of the extraordinary career of Sephardic Jew Solomon Nunes Carvalho (1815–1897) and his life as a photographer, artist, and pioneer explorer in the American West. friday film club
Friday, March 10, 5:30 pm Saturday, January 7, 4 pm The Night of the Hunter, US, 1955 Northwest Film Center Student Screening, US, 2016 dir. Charles Laughton (92 mins., Film noir, 35mm)
One of the finest films noir of them all, Laughton’s lone directorial effort stars Robert Mitchum at his good-versus-evil Everyone is invited to watch the many short films created by students in the classes of Fall Term 2016, including work from best as a serial-killer-cum-preacher who terrorizes a family in search of stolen money. the Art of Filmmaking I II classes. Whether the first attempt of a beginner or something more ambitious from an advanced student, it’s an uncurated program for those ready to show their work on the big screen. Free admission with reception to follow.
dir. Various (90 mins. approx., various, video)
Tuesday, January 10, 7:30 pm Une jeunesse allemande (A German Youth),
France/Switzerland/Germany, 2015 dir. Jean-Gabriel Périot (93 mins., Experimental documentary, DCP)
“The arresting, eloquent persuasion of Ulrike Meinhof emerges full force from this brilliant debut feature by JeanGabriel Périot who culled German television libraries to deftly assemble a dense mosaic of still-urgent archival footage tracing the Red Army’s birth and fall. Wisely refusing any kind of overarching commentary, Périot allows Meinhof herself to raise the incredibly timely question of how a true revolution might be won without a disastrous turn to violence.”—Haden Guest, Film Comment. Co-presented with Cinema Project.
Une jeunesse allemande ( A German Youth)
Carvalho's Journey
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Reel Music
Welcome to our 34th annual edition of Reel Music. We’ve been on the lookout all year for new works—and timely classics—to feature in our annual celebration of sound, music, and image. Whether your passion is jazz, blues, rock, soul, opera, classical, avant-garde—or anything in between—we hope you find something to discover and inspire you in this eclectic mix of the familiar and unknown. As always, our special thanks go to Music Millennium, Willamette Week, Music Fest NW, All Classical Portland, BIAMP PDX Jazz, XRAY.FM, KBOO, PDX Pipeline, and Oregon Music News. Friday, January 13, 7 pm Cocksucker Blues, US, 1972
dir. Robert Frank, Danny Seymour (93 mins., Bad boys, Digibeta) Special Admission $12; Silver Screen members $10. No NWFC comp admission tickets. Cocksucker Blues is © Robert Frank, 1972, distributed by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The best Rolling Stones movie you’ve never seen.
Saturday, January 14, 4:30 pm The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith, US, 2015 dir. Sara Fishko (88 mins., Documentary, DCP)
From 1957-1965 one man made it his mission to document the freewheeling jam sessions by some of New York’s elite jazz musicians in the loft next door.
Saturday, January 14, 6:45 pm A Song For You: The Austin City Limits Story, US, 2016 dir. Keith Maitland (97 mins., Americana, DCP)
A behind the scenes look at 40 years of presenting great American music on television.
Saturday, January 14, 9 pm The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé! A Trip Across Latin America, UK, 2016 dir. Paul Dugdale (105 mins., Old guys still rockin’, DCP)
An inside look at the Rolling Stones on tour across South and Central America in 2016, culminating in Havana.
Sunday, January 15, 4:30 pm King of Jazz, US, 1930
dir. John Murray Anderson (98 mins., Classic musical, DCP) Newly restored, this long-forgotten musical revue stars Bing Crosby, music by George Gershwin, and spectacular production numbers.
Sunday, January 15, 7 pm I Called Him Morgan, Sweden/US, 2016 dir. Kasper Collin (93 mins., Jazz, DCP)
Part jazz history, part true-crime tale, the tragic story of trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who murdered him in a New York bar in 1972.
Tuesday, January 17, 7 pm NW Music Video Showcase See NW Tracking for details
Tuesday, January 17, 7 pm 78RPM, US, 2015
dir. Joel Schlemowitz (98 mins., Documentary, Digital)
Wednesday, January 18, 7 pm The Devil’s Horn, Canada, 2015
dir. Larry Weinstein (85 mins., Jazz saxophone, DCP)
The story of the saxophone, including its longstanding curse and the supposed dark powers that have haunted generations of musicians.
Thursday, January 19, 7 pm A Poem Is a Naked Person, US, 1974
dir. Les Blank with Maureen Gosling (90 mins., Documentary, DCP)
Tuesday, January 24, 7 pm Bobby Blue Bland: Two Steps from the Blues, UK, 2009 dir. Paul Spencer (60 mins. Documentary, DCP)
Like such fellow greats as Sam Cooke and Ray Charles, Bland mixed gospel, blues, and R&B with big-band backing to fashion his own sophisticated style of telling stories of love and betrayal. with
Bobby Womack: Across 110th Street, UK, 2013 dir. James Maycock (60 mins., Documentary, DCP)
Singer-songwriter Leon Russell and friends captured during “Soul-music genius Bobby Womack had talent to burn— 1972-74 at Russell’s Oklahoma studio. and he burned it.”—Rolling Stone.
Friday, January 20, 7 pm Two Trains Runnin', US, 2015
dir. Sam Pollard (80 mins., Documentary, DCP)
The search for blues singers Son House and Ship James in 1964 collide with the realities of civil rights activism during Freedom Summer.
Friday, January 20, 9 pm Gregory Porter Don’t Forget Your Music, UK, 2016 dir. Alfred George Bailey (90 mins., Documentary, DCP)
Wednesday, January 25, 7 pm Saturday, February 4, 9 pm Mose Allison: Ever Since I Stole the Blues, UK, 2005 dir. Paul Bernays (60 mins., Documentary, Digital)
Van Morrison, Pete Townshend, and a host of musicians pay tribute to the singer and pianist from Mississippi known as the “jazz sage.” double feature
The remarkable story of the life and career of Jazz singer and songwriter Gregory Porter, from humble beginnings to international stardom.
Wednesday, January 25, 8:15 pm How Sweet the Sound—The Blind Boys of Alabama, US, 2015
Saturday, January 21, 4:30 pm Mali Blues, Germany, 2016
A portrait drawn from ten years on the road with these enduring gospel greats.
dir. Lutz Gregor (93 mins., Documentary, Digital)
Malian singer and actress Fatoumata Diawara leads a musical journey through a country whose music culture is under threat by Islamic fundamentalists.
Saturday, January 21, 7 pm Contemporary Color, US, 2016
dir. Bill Ross, Turner Ross (96 mins., Color guard, DCP)
David Byrne orchestrates a one-of-a-kind color guard extravaganza accompanied by Nelly Furtado, St. Vincent, and a host of performers.
Saturday, January 21, 9 pm One More Time with Feeling, UK, 2016
dir. Leslie McCleave (89 mins., Gospel, DCP)
Friday, January 27, 7 pm Vince Giordano: There’s a Future in the Past,
dir. Fredrik Horn Akselsen, Christian Falch (83 mins., Documentary, Digital)
dir. Fran Strine (90 mins., Rock sidemen, DCP)
Strine’s rousing and entertaining film introduces some of the little-known background musicians that backup everyone from Billy Joel to Alice Cooper to P!NK.
Cocksucker Blues
WATCH. Through year-round LEARN. Individuals find and cultivate MAKE. Regional filmmakers are exhibition programs surveying cinema past their personal voices as storytellers through supported as artists, educators, mentors, and present, audiences and filmmakers education programs and innovative connectors, and leaders, strengthening come together to explore our region and the collaborations which advance media literacy cinema's place in the creative, social and world through the moving image arts. and engage the next generation. economic sectors of the community. The Northwest Film Center is funded in part by the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, Regional Arts & Culture Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Oregon Arts Commission, The Ted R. Gamble Film Fund, the Citizens of Portland through the Arts and Education Access Fund, and the support of numerous sponsors, members, and friends.
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dir. Various (80 mins, Experimental, Digital)
A showcase of new experimental media exploring soundimage relationships.
Friday, February 3, 7 pm I Am the Blues, Canada, 2015
dir. Daniel Cross (106 mins., Mississippi blues, DCP)
A musical journey through the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou and the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta to hear the last of the original generation of blues singers.
Saturday, February 4, 4:30 pm Pianists Street, Argentina, 2015
dir. Mariano Nante (85 mins., Classical, DCP)
On a small street in Brussels, generations of piano prodigies continue to search for perfection.
Saturday, February 4, 7 pm I Go Back Home—Jimmy Scott,
Germany/Korea/US, 2016 dir. Yoon-Ha Chang (99 mins., Jazz, DCP)
Jazz legend Jimmy Scott makes his last recordings at age 85. with
Saturday, February 4, 9 pm Mose Allison: Ever Since I Stole the Blues, UK, 2005 dir. Paul Bernays (60 mins., Documentary, Digital)
Van Morrison, Pete Townshend, and a host of musicians pay tribute to the singer and pianist from Mississippi known as the “jazz sage.”
Sunday, February 5, 6:30 pm Gangbé!, Switzerland, 2015
Saturday, January 28, 9 pm Hired Gun, US, 2016
MISSION. The Northwest Film Center is a regional media arts resource and service organization founded to encourage the study, appreciation and utilization of the moving image arts; to foster their artistic and professional excellence; and to help build a climate in which they flourish.
Wednesday, February 1, 7 pm Cinesonika: Celebrating the Soundtrack
Saturday, January 28, 7 pm Blackhearts, Norway, 2016
New York band-leader Vince Giordano has kept the sounds of the past alive for 40 years, adding authenticity to the films of Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and dozens of others,
Sunday, Jan 22, 7 pm Bang! The Bert Berns Story, US, 2015
He may not be a household name, but the songwriter and A fond paean to lovers of the 1920s era: the gramophone, producer was behind such classics as “Piece of My Heart,” 78 records, and devotees of flapper and steam punk culture. “Under the Boardwalk” and “Twist and Shout,” launched the careers of Van Morrison and Neil Diamond, started two record labels, and much more.
Pianist Fred Hersch has overcome near death from AIDS to become one of the most brilliant and influential voices in jazz.
Sunday, February 5, 4:30 pm Arvo Pärt: Even if I Lose Everything, Estonia, 2015
The creation and recording of Nick Cave and the Bad Seed’s 16th album Skeleton Tree.
dir. Bob Sarles (95 mins., ’60s songwriter, DCP)
dir. Charlotte Lagarde, Carrie Lozano (74 mins., Jazz, DCP)
US, 2016 dir. Dave Davidson, Amber Edwards (90 mins., Documentary, Digital).
Black metal diehards come from cultures all over the world, but they all want to play in and be a part of Norway’s notorious music scene.
dir. Andrew Dominick (112 mins., Documentary, DCP)
Sunday, January 29, 7 pm The Ballad of Fred Hersch, US, 2016
dir. Dorian Supin (90 mins., Documentary, DCP)
An intimate portrait of minimalist Norwegian composer and his philosophy of life. Co-sponsored by Capella Romana.
dir. Arnaud Robert (58 mins., Documentary, Digital)
Benin’s Gangbé Brass Band bring their effervescent, highenergy brand of Afrobeat to Lagos, Nigeria to perform with Femi Kuti. with
Sunday, February 5, 7:30 pm Yallah! Underground, Czech Republic/Germany/ UK/Egypt/US 2015 dir. Farid Eslam (85 mins., Documentary, Digital)
A chronicles of a young generation of liberal Arab musicians and visual artists who are melding the traditions of their past with the styles, sounds, and technologies of today.
Northwest Tracking Northwest Tracking programs showcase the work of independent filmmakers living and working in the Northwest—Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington—whose work reflects the vibrant cinematic culture of the region. Whether presenting single artist retrospectives, new features, documentaries, or inspired collections of short works, Northwest Tracking offers testimony to the creativity and talent in our flourishing media arts community. Northwest Tracking is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Thursday, January 12, 7 pm Frank’s Song, Oregon, 2015
dir. David Bee (80 mins. Documentary, Digital)
Sitting on his porch in a bustling SE Portland neighborhood, 95 year-old Frank Wesley plays his well worn saxophone while recalling a life full of adventure, loss, love, and melody.
Tuesday, January 17, 7 pm, Skype Live Studio NW Music Video Showcase, Oregon/ Washington dir. Various (90 mins., Music videos, Digital)
Music video making thrives in the Northwest as this showcase of new collaborations by bands and directors working in Portland, Seattle, and Olympia attest. Complete program listing at nwfilm.org; Screening at Skype Live Studio. Admission is free.
Thursday, January 26, 7 pm Memory’s Lonely Breath: Films by Vu Pham,
Thursday, March 2, 7 pm Apparitions, British Columbia 2017
dir. Alex MacKenzie (55 mins. Expanded cinema, 16mm) Using color gels, masking, lens interference and dual projectors, MacKenzie will conduct a performance of celluloid wizardry exploring the transitional space between image and abstraction, nature, and culture. workshop with alex mackenzie
Saturday, March 4, 10 am – 2 pm Expanded Cinema: Apparatus and Methodology Focusing on 16mm projection devices specifically, this workshop at the Northwest Film Center explores elements of expanded cinema.
Thursday, March 9, 7 pm Rhythm Assemblies: Films by Reed O’Beirne,
Washington, 2003–16 dir. Reed O’Beirne (70 mins. Narrative/Documentary/ Dance, Digital)
Working through a multitude of genres including dance, animation and poetic narration, Reed’s work seeks to underscore the use of rhythm in cinema.
Thursday, March 30, 7 pm Gaining Ground, Oregon, 2016
dir. Elaine Velazquez, Barbara Bernstein (80 mins. Documentary, DCP)
From small and large farms in Oregon to an inner city farm in Richmond, California, activists are making changes in farming practices to feed local communities with sustainably grown produce and grains.
All screenings will feature a visiting artist Apparitions
Oregon, 2015–16 dir. Vu Pham (104 mins. Narrative, DCP)
George Washington
Magic & Loss: Coming of Age Onscreen In literary theory, the Bildungsroman is a novel in which we witness the formation of an individual who undergoes a profound change due to knowledge gained through experience. Generally speaking, the protagonist in such works is a young member of society and the shift in consciousness that occurs during the story will transform them and hasten their advancement into adult understanding of the world in which they live. With Magic & Loss: Coming of Age Onscreen, we present a collection of films from around the globe intended to draw parallels between the literary convention of the Bildungsroman and the celebrated coming-of-age narrative as it exists in the cinema. Since coming-of-age stories are historically among the most commonly produced in the film industry of any country, our attempt is not intended to be viewed as a comprehensive overview, rather a concentrated journey through a theme as expressed by some of the greatest visionaries of the cinema. Friday, March 3, 7 pm Fanny and Alexander, Sweden, 1982
Working from deep-seated emotion and memory, Portland filmmaker Vu Pham films explore climatic levels of passion through characters wrestling with irreconcilable realities of challenging experiences.
dir. Ingmar Bergman (188 mins., Drama, 35mm)
A keenly observed cinematic memoir of childhood experience in early 20th century Sweden.
Saturday, March 4, 4:30 pm A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, US, 1945
Thursday, March 16, 7 pm The Learning Tree, US, 1969
dir. Gordon Parks (107 mins., Drama, 35mm)
Newt successfully navigates the racial prejudices of 1920s Kansas, until we witness a murder that has dire consequences for him and others in the black community of his town.
Saturday, March 18, 7 pm Boyz n the Hood, US, 1991
dir. John Singleton (112 mins., Drama, DCP)
Tre does his best to resist the gangster life, but as his friends become ensnared in it, emerging from the hood unscathed may not be possible.
Sunday, March 19, 4:30 pm Bicycle Thieves, Italy, 1948
dir. Vittorio De Sica (89 mins., Neorealist drama, 35mm) A man and his young son scour the city in search of a stolen bicycle, the loss of which puts their future in jeopardy.
Saturday, March 25, 7 pm Beasts of the Southern Wild, US, 2012
dir. Benh Zeitlin (93 mins., Drama/Fantasy, 35mm)
A post-Katrina fairy tale about a six-year-old girl named Hushpuppy, her daddy Wink, and their bravery in the face of an oncoming storm. with
Glory at Sea, US, 2008
dir. Benh Zeitlin (25 mins., Drama, Digital HD)
The survivors of a flood construct a vessel with the help of a mysterious man. Together, they set out to save their A young girl and her family navigate the loss of her father friends and families. and their shared stability in director Elia Kazan’s first film.
dir. Elia Kazan (129 mins., Drama, DCP)
Sunday, March 5, 4:30 pm The Spirit of the Beehive, Spain, 1973 dir. Victor Erice (95 mins., Drama, 35mm)
Two sisters see a traveling roadshow of the film Frankenstein and set out to find the monster.
Dekalog
Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Dekalog
After a career as a respected documentary filmmaker, Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski (19421996) emerged as a widely recognized international voice with the success of four major films in the early 1990s—The Double Life of Veronique (1991), and his “Tricolor Trilogy” of Blue (1993), White (1993) and Red (1994). But it is Dekalog (1988), which remains his masterpiece, securing by itself Kieślowski’s status as a major artist. Made for Polish television, each of the ten, hour-long episodes is based on one of the Ten Commandments. Not intended to be literal illustrations, the stories are modern parables exploring how individual directives function in a complex, modern world. Though each story emanates from the same Warsaw housing complex, they function independently, otherwise united only by a silent witness who from time to time oversees the individual character’s profound dilemmas. "These films have the very real ability to dramatize their ideas rather than just talking about them... They do this with such dazzling skill, you never see the ideas coming and don't realize until much later how profoundly they have reached your heart."— Stanley Kubrick. All screenings with English subtitles and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Poland, 1988.
Saturday, March 4, 7 pm Sunday, March 5, 7 pm Dekalog: One (56 mins., Drama, DCP)
A math and computer obsessed father, who sees the world built on rational, scientific logic, cannot calculate the appearance of random fate and tragedy. with
Dekalog: Two (59 mins., Drama, DCP)
As a woman’s husband’s lies dying, she must decide whether to carry to term or abort the child she conceived with another man.
Sunday, March 12, 4:30 pm Monday, March 13, 7 pm Dekalog: Three (58 mins., Drama, DCP)
A married man is pulled away from his family by the sudden appearance of an old lover who wants his assistance in finding her missing husband. with
Dekalog: Four (56 mins., Drama, DCP)
A daughter’s premature discovery of a letter addressed to her from her deceased mother leads to a new understanding of her father and their relationship.
Saturday, March 18, 4:30 pm Sunday, March 19, 7 pm Dekalog: Five (60 mins., Drama, DCP)
The senseless murder of one man by another leads to the equally tragic taking of a life at the hands of the state. with
Dekalog: Six (61 mins., Drama, DCP)
A teenage boy’s voyeuristic obsession with an older woman leads to a disillusioning introduction to love.
Thursday, March 23, 7 pm Saturday, March 25, 4:30 pm Dekalog: Seven (57 mins., Drama, DCP)
A teen mother, forced to pose as her daughter’s sister, tries to find a life apart from a domineering grandmother who has fabricated the lie. with
Dekalog: Eight (56 mins., Drama, DCP)
A fateful decision made 45 years earlier during the Nazi Occupation comes back to haunt an aging professor.
Sunday, March 26, 4:30 pm Monday, March 27, 7 pm Dekalog: Nine (60 mins., Drama, DCP)
A loving marriage takes a turn when the husband reveals that he cannot have children. with
Dekalog: Ten (56 mins., Drama, DCP)
When their father dies, two brothers, a punk rocker and a businessman, discover they have inherited a fortune in rare stamps along with the complications of newly anticipated wealth.
Friday, March 10, 8 pm Evolution, France, 2015
Sunday, March 26, 7 pm George Washington, US, 2000
dir. David Gordon Green (89 mins., Drama, 35mm)
A concentrated concoction of childhood escapades in the southern summer sun. with
A Day with the Boys, US, 1969
dir. Clu Gulager (18 mins., Drama, 16mm)
dir. Lucile Hadžihalilović (81 mins., Sci-fi/Thriller, DCP)
Winner of the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film, actor Clu Gulager’s only directorial credit was David Gordon Green’s primary influence when making George Washington.
Saturday, March 11, 4:30 pm The Black Stallion, US, 1979
Magic & Loss will continue in April, featuring the following films: Spike Lee’s Crooklyn (1994), Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank (2009), Andrei Tarkovsky’s Ivan’s Childhood (1962), Michael Cuesta’s L.I.E. (2001), Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher (1999), Lukas Moodysson’s Show Me Love (1998), Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011), Jafar Panahi’s The White Balloon (1995), Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon (2009), and Nicholas Roeg’s Walkabout (1971).
In a coastal village where only young boys and women reside, one child discovers something in the ocean that opens his eyes to a dark truth.
dir. Carroll Ballard (118 mins., Adventure/Family, Blu-ray) Adapted from Walter Farley’s much loved children’s novel, a tale of love between a boy who loses his father and the horse that saves him from a similar fate.
Sunday, March 12, 7 pm The Reflecting Skin, UK/Canada, 1990 dir. Philip Ridley (96 mins., Thriller, 35mm)
Children are going missing in a small 1950s American town. Young Seth and his friends suspect that a local widow, who they also think may be a vampire, might be to blame.
Looking, Really Looking! The Films of Chantal Akerman Looking, Really Looking! The Films of Chantal Akerman 1968-2015 is a film and performative program which surveys the work of the Belgian/French artist and filmmaker Chantal Akerman and places it within a conceptual, thematic, and historical context at the intersection of film and contemporary art. Akerman, whose work defies easy categorization, is often placed within feminist, queer, Jewish, and avant-garde circles, yet her oeuvre moves across genres from fiction to documentary/essay, to musical, to multi-media installations. Akerman (1950-2015) presents us with complexities and doubts in a body of work that spans forty years and revolves around her personal family history, identity, memory, and displacement, often portrayed in long takes within the modest aesthetics of everyday life. “Dialogues” brings together theory, scholarship, and Akerman’s artistic practice in performative and discursive events, staged reading performances and music events with leading thinkers, artists, curators, writers, actors, musicians and guests from other fields. Looking, Really Looking! is presented by the Northwest Film Center and Zena Zezza, a Portlandbased contemporary art project, and is curated by Sandra Percival and Morgen Ruff. The project commenced in June 2016 and runs through May 2017. Please see nwfilm.org for showtimes and film descriptions. All screenings TBA with English subtitles. All films directed by Chantal Akerman.
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iFilmmaking Basics 4 pm Student Screening 7 pm The Prison in Twelve Landscapes workshop
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4:30 pm The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith 6:45 pm A Song For You 9 pm The Rolling Stones
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Art of Filmmaking I 7 pm A Poem Is a Naked Person
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4:30 pm Mali Blues 7 pm Contemporary Color 9 pm One More Time with Feeling
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7 pm 78RPM March 4—A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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4 pm Carvalho's Journey 7 pm Bang! The Berth Berns Story
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7 pm Bobby Blue Bland: Two 7 pm Mose Allison with How Steps from the Blues with Sweet the Sound—The Blind Bobby Womack: Across 110th Boys of Alabama Street
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4:30 pm Arvo Pärt: Even if I Lose Everything 6:30 pm Gangbé! with Yallah! Underground
Digital Editing 7 pm Blackhearts 9 pm Hired Gun
Film Distribution 4:30 pm Pianists Street 7 pm I Go Back Home— Jimmy Scott with Mose Allison: Ever Since I Stole the Blues
40TH PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL/FEBRUARY 9-25, 2017
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5:30 pm The Night of the Hunter 8 pm Evolution
4:30 pm The Black Stallion 7 pm Chantal Akerman Screening: Film TBA
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Expanded Cinema 4:30 pm A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 7 pm Dekalog: One & Two
4:30 pm Dekalog: Seven & Eight 7 pm Beasts of the Southern Wild with Glory at Sea
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