[Announce] Hey, it's a press release!

[Jennifer Smith]

Hello virtual recipients of NW Documentary news and goodies!  Here's a taste of some of our 
latest adventures.  Remember the David Weissman 4-part October workshop...details to 
come.

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Outreach and Communications
NW Documentary Arts & Media
office: 503-227-8688
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www.nwdocumentary.org


                        Community Filmmakers Screen Original Documentaries
                      NW Documentary Arts & Media Wraps Up Latest Workshop


Portland, OR—Graduates of NW Documentary Arts & Media’s latest Exploring Documentary 
Production class will screen their works at 7 p.m. September 2 at the Hollywood Theatre on 
NE Sandy Blvd.  The event is open to the public with a sliding scale at the door.

The evening screening will mark the completion of NW Documentary’s seventh workshop to 
date.  Started in 2003, the ten-week series provides both novice and experienced 
documentary-makers the experience of producing an original, short film using non-linear 
digital editing.

Covering everything from research, scripting, pre-production and interviewing to editing and 
post-production, the community workshops have involved over fifty students and resulted in 
nearly 30 original works.  Participants are required to submit proposals for their ideas, and 
Ian McCluskey, instructor and noted documentary-maker, offers real-world critiquing and 
information to make certain the project is feasible.

Previous workshops have resulted in such varied topics as a Tuvan throat singer, a look at 
people’s morning rituals and an analysis of the Iraq War.
 
Last year, Elizabeth Atly, a remodeling designer and former French professor, produced her 
first documentary using non-linear digital editing.  “Siss Boom Bah! No Mah Wah!” screened 
at the “Chicks Rock” festival in the southern U.S., a San Francisco women's festival, at In 
Other Words Books in Portland, and was awarded honorable mention in the prestigious 
international Chris Awards. Deep Dish TV excerpted three minutes of it for a national 
broadcast as part of a program on women and war.

Last winter, Magda Diaz, Anna Maj Michelson and Jennifer Smith collaborated to produce 
“Gimme Doughnut,” a behind-the-scenes account of Voodoo Doughnut, the late-night 
doughnut shop in the heart of Portland’s rock block.  Their short film screened at the 
Parkdale Film Festival and at Sabala’s Mt. Tabor in June.   

Volume I of the workshop’s Selected Works came out recently, and highlights the first year’s 
student productions.  To order a copy, visit www.nwdocumentary.org or call 503-227-8688.

The next workshop begins September 13.  For more information, log on to 
www.nwdocumentary.org.  The Mission Theater on NW Glisan will be a partner in the 
upcoming series.

About NW Documentary Arts & Media:
Celebrating its third year as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, NW Documentary is 
committed to the creation of quality documentary works in the Pacific Northwest that exhibit 
both artistic craft and cultural significance; to providing educational opportunities in the 
creation of documentaries from the NW region; to strengthening NW communities at the local 
level through the research, creation, and presentation of documentary art and media.

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