25th Anniversary Livestream [Online]
A playful and poignant 90-minute program curated by NWFF board and staff, featuring rare gems from the Film Forum archives, including commissioned “one-shot” films created by now-renowned filmmakers such as the Safdie Brothers, Drew Christie, and Barry Jenkins, plus The Clouds that Touch Us from Clear Skies, a short film by beloved late filmmaker Lynn Shelton.
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Uprooted [Online]
“…an enriching corrective to the official story of jazz dance, taking it beyond its already fascinating and complex showbiz luster to profoundly political terrain. … incisive (and, for the most part, nimbly interwoven) commentaries observing the ways jazz dance, like jazz itself, embodies the very history of the United States. Stripped of identity, severed from their African cultures and forbidden to use drums because they were a form of communication, enslaved people were silenced people, and dance became a necessary language, a form of survival and a means of protest.” – Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
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Local Sightings Film Festival 2020 Goes Virtual – September 18-27
10 Days of Films and Special Events Championing Pacific Northwest Film & Media Makers
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