After the film screening, a panel of environmental professionals will talk about ways you can take action to protect our forests. And to finish out the evening, we’ll
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After the film screening, a panel of environmental professionals will talk about ways you can take action to protect our forests. And to finish out the evening, we’ll enjoy live music by Casey Neill and the Norway Rats!
Brought to you by @Earthjustice , Bark, and @Oregon Wild , Tree Fest features a curated selection of short films by Oregon filmmakers that explore how trees influence our daily lives, our histories, and our hopes for the future. Through stories of scientists, artists, and local communities, the films highlight both the beauty of forests and the responsibility we share in caring for them.
In 1985, WHAM! made history as the first Western pop act to perform in communist China. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s concerts in Beijing and Guangzhou were a cultural milestone – East meets West, music meets politics. Now, newly restored footage reveals the untold story of the iconic tour that helped launch WHAM! to global superstardom.
Filmmaker Rustin Thompson journeys into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater. On the trip, he finds long abandoned and forgotten cinemas; movie houses that have fallen into disrepair; theaters recently closed, theaters struggling to hold on, and theaters that – thanks to their thoughtful caretakers – are not only surviving but thriving. Between the stops along the way, Rustin poetically intersperses excerpts from Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 classic film THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, as well as reflections on past and present hardships facing the film exhibition industry. The Last Picture Shows is not only a timely portrait of an industry in crisis, one facing the headwinds of consolidation, streaming, and the diminishing theatrical experience, but it also reminds viewers that even in vast cinema deserts, there are oases of community and gathering that remain, where the movie house continues to be a place of wonder, contemplation, and connection.
The Seeds of Peace traces the work of Hideko Tamura Snider, who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima as a child. Decades later, she continues to spread the message of peace by collecting seeds from trees that survived the blast and spreading them across the Pacific Northwest. This is a film about remembrance, reconciliation, and hope. It examines how the trauma of history can be transformed into a force that unites people and builds bridges for future generations.
NW Documentary Arts and Media is a 501(c)3 nonprofit registered in the state of Oregon.
