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...
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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 comedy w...
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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...
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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...
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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 Up, ...
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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 ...
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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 abuse...
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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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Tom Neely and Keenan Marshall Keller are superstars in the world of indie
comics, separately responsible for such surreal horror, sci-fi, and
punk-centric zines as Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever, Galactic Breakdown,
The Wolf, and The Blot. They've now teamed up to write ...
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