SPECIAL GUEST STARS
Takeover nights by artists, curators, and co-conspirators. Expect: to discover [or re-discover] films curated by some of your faves.
Garba Dance Lessons w/ Anjali + Deepa Mehta’s Fire
- Sat, Nov 2
Run Time: 144 min.
Tickets $15. Join DJ Anjali to DANCE prior to a screening, curated by Anjali, of Deepa Mehta's 1996 film Fire! Garba is a Gujarati folk dance that is popular during the autumnal holidays of Navratri & Diwali. Anjali will be teaching her Bollywood version of the ancient ring dance.
Inward w/ Michi Meko & Chad Brown
- Thu, Nov 21
Run Time: 70 min.
Tickets $15. Portland-based environmental activist, documentarian, and non-profit founder, Chad Brown presents the Portland premiere of his gorgeous short film Inward about renowned painter and explorer Michi Meko, who will be in attendance for this special screening. A self-described explorer, cartographer, and abstractionist, Michi's work seeks to capture the wild beauty of nature through the eyes of a "lone black man reporting back from the new world." There will be a post-film discussion with Chad and Michi moderated by a special guest. Tabling from Chad's non-profit Love is King will be present as well as a slide show of Michi's large scaled paintings.
All Tomorrow’s Artists: Honoring 2024’s Best Unbound PDX Artists + Hundreds of Beavers // AUDIENCE FAVORITE
- Sat, Nov 23
Run Time: 138 min. Release Year: 2024
Tickets $15. Celebrating our first annual All Tomorrow’s Artists Awards prior to the screening! We’ll be giving the class of 2024 amazing artists their crowns, sashes, and all the flowers in thanks for all they do to make this community so fine. In this 17th-century, supernatural silent winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating, yes, HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS.
The Graduates // Presented by The Future of Film Is Female
- Sun, Dec 1
Run Time: 87 min. Release Year: 2024
Tickets $15. A year after her boyfriend dies from gun violence, a young woman prepares to graduate high school as she navigates an uncertain future alongside a community that is searching for ways to heal.