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Screening & Q&A "The Healthcare Movie" - Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland, locally produced
Sunday, April 29, 2012
4:00pm until 6:15pm
PSU student. Lindsay Caron, got fed up with hearing the rhetoric that “Canadian healthcare is broken”, so she took the train to Vancouver, set up a video camera on the street and starting filming. Hundreds of Canadians shared their healthcare stories. After posting the video to You Tube, a couple of Seattle producers found the footage, and morphed it into a full feature documentary comparing U.S. and Canadian systems. Historians, activists, politicians and physicians all way in on the issue in “The Healthcare Movie”. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film producers and representatives from Physicians for a National Health Program. The Portland premiere is at Cinema 21 on NW 21st, on Sunday, April 29th at 4pm. $5 suggested donation, no one turned away!
More info on the film and its producers: www.healthcarmovie.net
Producers:
Laurie Simons and Terry Sterrenberg
Laurie is Canadian, and Terry is American; their two sons were born in a Calgary hospital. They moved to the Seattle area in 1992, and experienced the culture shock of switching from the worry-free health care system in Canada, to the complicated, expensive, and anxiety-provoking system in the United States.
Speakers:
Paul Hochfeld
After one year of a Family Practice residency in California in 19879, Paul moved to Oregon to work as a full time Emergency Physician at what is now Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, in Corvallis. Along the way, he became board certified in Emergency Medicine, was President of Marys Peak Emergency Physicians and a member/Chairman of the hospital's Peer Review Committee. In 2007, Paul produced
a video “Health, Money and Fear”
(found at www.OurAilingHealthCare.com) that illuminates the perverse incentives that characterize "our sick care non-system." In 2009, Paul was a founding member of Mad As Hell Doctors who traveled for a month across the country advocating for substantive health care reform.
Richard Bruno
Richard grew up in Arkansas, went to college in New Jersey, and has lived in Portland for the past six years. He is a medical student at OHSU, pursuing a career in family medicine. He is also the director of an uninsured video project called TheVacuum.org, which brings to light the difficulties inherent in being with little or no health insurance. He serves on the board of directors for Physicians for a National Health Program and works closely with the Oregon Single Payer Campaign and the Oregon chapter of Students for a National Health Program. With his wife and daughter, he enjoys hiking in Forest Park, biking, cooking, and learning Chinese.
Alissa Keny-Guyer
State Representative, serving Portland's 46th district. She is a single-payer advocate who sits on the Legislative Healthcare Commitee.
Cinema 21 Portland Oregon
616 NW 21st Ave, Portland, OR 97209
Portland Film & Movie Club
2 Movie Critics going, including:
Grab a drink and let's go see a movie! Bring friends and some good
conversation to discuss the film, its characters, the production and
more. The Living Room Theater is the location of our weekly Tuesday
meetup. Most movies they play are independ...
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Mission Theater: NW Documentary Homegrown DocFest
Friday, April 20, 2012 7:00 PM
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Apr
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Terrific Tuesday Eve Meetup @ Living Room Theaters! TBD
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 7:30 PM
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May
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Terrific Tuesday Eve Meetup @ Living Room Theaters! TBD
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 7:30 PM
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Free Movie Night List (scroll down for specially scheduled films in PDX
Mondays, 7:30
Tin Shed (outdoor patio) – employee picks movie night
1438 NE Alberta St., 288-6966
Movie schedule: http://www.tinshedgardencafe.com/entertainment.html#movies
Employee picks movie night. Typical films: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Down by Law
Mondays, 8:30
Pix
3901 N Williams Ave, 503-282-6539
Movie/events schedule: http://www.pixpatisserie.com/pages/news-events
Typical films: Singles, Reality Bites, Ghostbusters, Cleopatra
Mondays, 9
Alberta St. Pub
1036 NE Alberta St.
Movie schedule (check for drink specials): http://boozemooves.blogspot.com/
Typical films: Empire Strikes Back, Office Space, Hedwig and the Angry Inch,Yojimbo
Tuesday through Sunday and special days after the break…
Tuesdays, 8
Tin Shed (outdoor patio; note different schedule/time on Tues.) – documentary night
Movie schedule: http://www.tinshedgardencafe.com/Movies.html
1438 NE Alberta St., 288-6966
Typical films: Encounters at the End of the World, Okie Noodling, How to Draw a Bunny
Tuesdays, 7pm
Red & Black Cafe (vegan)
400 SE 12th Ave., 231-3899
Anti-imperialist film screenings. Typical films: Religulous, Bicycle Thief, Milk
[note: small space/limited seating]
1st Wednesdays, 7:30
Mother’s /Velvet lounge
212 SW Stark St., 464-1122
Typical films: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, Odds Against Tomorrow
1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 7:30
Vinideus (wine bar)
4759 NE Fremont St., 284-2795
Typical films: The Lovers on the Bridge, A Secret, Man on the Train
3rd Thursdays, 7
Red & Black cafe (see above/Tuesdays)
Fridays, 7
Suzette Creperie and Dessert Cafe
2921 NE Alberta Street
Typical films: Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Humphrey Bogart, animation,French films
3rd Saturdays, 7
Youth Movie Night (specifically for young queer and queer-allied people, ages 17-23)
Q-Center
4115 N Mississipi Ave
Events calendar: http://www.pdxqcenter.org/?page_id=51
Sundays, 8pm (following trivia games @ 6)
East Burn: double-feature movie night (downstairs)
1800 E. Burnside, 236-2876
Sundays, 9pm
The Press Club (wine bar)
2621 SE Clinton St., 233-5656
Typical films: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Swingers
[note: review mentioned poor sound quality] Sundays, 10 pm Jolly Roger (1340 SE 12th Ave, 503-232-8060)
The Middle East Studies Center and the Persian program in the Department
of World Languages & Literatures at Portland State University are
pleased to announce Iranian Women: A Film Series. The Middle East Studies Center and the Persian program in the Department
of World Languages & Literatures at Portland State University are
pleased to announce Iranian Women: A Film Series.
The series will include the following screenings:
Women Without Men (2010)
Sunday, February 5 | 3 PM
George C. Hoffmann Hall, 1833 SW Eleventh Street
Shirin
Neshat’s independent film adaptation of Shahrnush Parsipur’s magic
realist novel. The story chronicles the intertwining lives of four
Iranian women during the summer of 1953; a cataclysmic moment in Iranian
history when an American led, British backed coup d’état brought down
the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and
reinstalled the Shah to power.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Shahrnush Parsipur, author of the book, Women Without Men.
Reception to follow.
Pearls on the Ocean Floor (2011)
Friday, February 10 | 7 PM
5th Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall Street
A thought-provoking, feature-length documentary examining the lives
and works of Iranian female artists living and working in and outside
the Islamic Republic. This unflinching and incisive study, featuring
interviews with art luminaries Shadi Ghadirian, Shirin Neshat, Parastou
Forouhar and others, captures the uncertainty of this momentous time in
Iran’s history. Speaking with grace and honesty, these brave women
express what is seldom seen in the western media: unique individual
perspectives regarding issues of identity, gender, and the role that art
plays in challenging the traditional stereotypes often associated with
women in Iran.
20 Fingers (2004)
Saturday, February 11 | 7 PM
5th Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall Street
A
film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari,
exposing some of the issues of men and women within the confines of
tradition and family life in Iran. Each episode is devoted to various
life situations and displays a different form of male/female
interaction. The placing of the actors in a moving vehicle or against a
moving backdrop signifies the movement of life despite all the obstacles
in its way. The film deals with the roots of dependencies, limitations,
power struggles and conflict that are the familiar stuff of life of
couples in the Middle East.
The Unwanted Woman (2005)
Sunday, February 19 | 3 PM
5th Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall Street
A
woman trapped in an unhappy marriage, Sima must contend with a husband
so insensitive that he makes no effort to hide his various sexual
indiscretions. He forces her into an even more uncomfortable situation
when he asks his wife to pretend she is related to his current
girlfriend in order to avoid trouble from a society that punishes
unmarried couples for being together in public.
All screenings are free and open the public
Presented with funding from Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute.
--
Anousha Sedighi, Ph.D.
Associate Prof. of Persian
Coordinator of Persian Program
Dept. of World Languages and Literatures
Portland State University
P.O Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
Tel: (503) 725-8784
Fax: (503) 725-5276
