S.W. Conser

  Oregon Historical Society Executive Director Kerry Tymchuk joins S.W. Conser to preview the special Comic City USA exhibition which runs at the OHS Museum from August 2016 through January 2017.  The exhibition spotlights comics art creators from throughout the Pacific No... Read more

  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 originall... Read more

  Documentary producer and investigative reporter Bill Kurtis is celebrating his 50th anniversary in broadcast media.  Best known today as the narrator of the 2004 comedy film Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy and as the "Legendary Anchorman" voice of radio quiz show W... Read more

  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 comedy w... Read more

  Kathy Zielinski is a pioneering artist and filmmaker who's been called "The Queen of Animated Villains" for helping bring to life such characters as Ursula the Sea Witch in The Little Mermaid and Jafar in Aladdin. Wbile visiting Portland for an ASIFA event, she sat down... Read more

  In this extended version of our interview with pioneering artist and filmmaker Kathy Zielinski, we talk more about her experiences riding the technological waves from hand-drawn 2-D feature films to computer-generated imagery, the importance of pose and expression in bot... Read more

  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 Up, ... Read more

  The Northwest Animation Festival has quickly grown to become the largest animation festival in the country, showcasing features and short films from around the world while focusing on local industry and talent.  During this year's festival, we're joined in the studio by ... Read more

  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 abuse... Read more