UNORTHODOX DOCS
Non-fiction arts that play with the boundaries of form, function, style & story.
Making Marie Antoinette x MUBI
- Sat, Nov 7
Run Time: 86 min.
Tickets $15. Eleanor Coppola's behind-the-scenes documentation of her daughter Sofia Coppola directing the 2006 film Marie Antoinette, capturing the craftsmanship and challenges of being a young female director.
A Queer Guide to Saving American Democracy: Book Release + Queen of New York w/ Marti Cummings
- Wed, Nov 11
Run Time: 140 min.
Tickets $20. Join us for a special evening with trailblazing drag artist, activist, and political candidate Marti Cummings and Portland-based constitutional law professor and author Robin Maril. Before the film, Marti and Robin will sit down for a live conversation about queer representation, civic engagement, and the power of showing up for your community. The conversation will be moderated by Kyndall Mason of Basic Rights Oregon.
Unzipped (4K Restoration)
- Sat, Nov 14
Run Time: 73 min.
Tickets $15. Designer Isaac Mizrahi proved a force of nature on the road to his legendary fall 1994 collection, a career-defining triumph that was documented with an effervescent intimacy by Douglas Keeve, Mizrahi’s then-partner. Both a time capsule of the buoyant, raucous 1990s, when pop culture and high art became interchangeable, and a vérité-style, in-the-trenches report on the daily agonies and ecstasies of the creative process.
Unseen: Invisible Wounds, Invincible Spirit
- Sun, Nov 15
Run Time: 105 min.
Tickets $15. The Portland premiere of director Chad Brown's new documentary following five veterans as they bike through two hundred miles of raw unforgiving wilderness.
March Forth w/ Reginald Dwayne Betts, Robe Imbriano, Thomas Curtis
- Sun, Nov 22
Run Time: 125 min.
Tickets $15. Join us for a special screening of a film about the poet, author, lawyer, activist, and MacArthur Fellow Reginald Dwayne Betts. Following the screening, there will be a moderated conversation with Reginald Dwayne Betts, Robe Imbriano (Director & Executive Producer), and Thomas Curtis (Production Designer & Animator).
Who Moves America w/ Q&A
- Sat, Jan 16
Run Time: 117 min.
Tickets $15. Through intimate access and on-the-ground storytelling, Who Moves America reveals the human stories behind the single largest collective bargaining agreement in North America and explores the power and complexity of collective action in modern America. If the Teamsters strike, the economy stops. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Yael Bridge. As the deadline looms, Who Moves America shadows UPS workers across the country as they navigate the challenges of building solidarity with their 350,000 co-workers. We are thrilled to present Who Moves America with the support of the Teamsters Union. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Director Yael Bridge.
Two Chairs
- Thu, Feb 4
Run Time: 75 min. Language: Russian
Tickets FREE. Co-presented by AIGA Portland, Two Chairs is a documentary that uses the humble chair as a lens for exploring questions of design, function, and existence.