Film writer Shawn Levy sits down with Jenn Chavez to tell
behind-the-scenes stories of the classic Italian film studios, as collected
in his newest book Dolce Vita Confidential: Fellini, Loren, Pucci,
Paparazzi, and the Swinging High Life of 1950s Rome.
Then, S.W. Co...
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In this special membership-drive episode of The Film Show, Jenn Chavez
previews the Portland EcoFilm Festival with director Dawn Smallman and
documentarians Taggart Siegel and Jon Betz, who have produced The Real Dirt
on Farmer John, Queen of the Sun, and the new film...
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Latinx Pride PDX is screening a series of documentaries this month at the
Hollywood Theatre, spotlighting the Latino/a LGBTQI community. Jenn
Chavez talks with filmmaker and curator Marco Castro-Bojorquez and
asks what viewers can expect from this event.
And S.W. Co...
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D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus have been celebrated in the documentary
field for such groundbreaking films as Don't Look Back, Monterey Pop,
Startup.com, Down From the Mountain, and The War Room. One of the founders
of the Direct Cinema movement, Pennebaker origin...
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Jenn Chavez talks with Ibrahim Mubarek about the Clinton Street Theater's
upcoming documentary screening Right 2 Survive: Breaking the Chains, a series
of short films about the rise of the grassroots homeless advocacy group
Right 2 Survive.
And S.W. Conser asks comed...
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Vanessa Renwick is the founder of the Oregon Department of Kick Ass and a
member of the experimental film collective Peripheral Produce.
The Portland Art Museum is currently featuring an multi-channel video and
sound installation by Vanessa titled Next Level Fucked U...
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In this extended version of our interview with attorney turned
filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, Jenn Chavez asks Mr Wiseman about the subjects
that inspire him, his detached style of filmmaking, and his success in
producing and distributing films outside the studio system...
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Frederick Wiseman is an attorney turned filmmaker who has spent half a
century offering audiences intimate views of institutions and communities,
from state legislatures to boxing gyms to public housing and schools. His
first film Titicut Follies (1967) documented ab...
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