[Announce] Excerpts: NW Documentary Summer Quarterly

[Jen Smith]

Friends-

Well, it's officially out: the NW Documentary Summer Quarterly newsletter is
available for your inquiring minds. Follow the link at the end of each excerpt
to read the full story.

IN THIS ISSUE...

** In Focus: The New Market Theater Building **
by yours truly
In the area now known as Old Town in downtown Portland stand many historic
buildings, most of them preserved and used today in modern means. Walk around
on a typical weekend morning near Skidmore Fountain, and life on the block
between Ash Street and the Burnside Bridge is bustling. Many modern-day
shoppers are well acquainted with Saturday Market, the open-air bazaar that is
a part of the current culture of Old Town and the New Market Theater block.
However, today's market-goers may not be aware of the previous commerce that
occurred at this location. Read more at...
http://www.nwdocumentary.org/about/newsletters.html

** Words from a Workshop Student **
by Kate Regan, associate professor of Spanish, University of Portland
Filmmaking is about community - people coming together, working with each other
and creating stunning visual narratives. It is all about team effort and
collaboration - and the NW Documentary workshop, "Exploring Documentary
Production," is one Portland destination for filmmakers to engage each other
and learn how to create documentary films. Read more at...
http://www.nwdocumentary.org/about/newsletters.html

** Behind the Lens: Making History **
by Susan Booth Larson, NW Documentary board member
We've all had the experience of watching a videotape or slide show where heads
have been cut off, sound quality has been awful, and camera angles have
detracted from the subject. Sandy Polishuk, from the Northwest Women's History
Project, is very familiar with such an experience. Her group spent the last 25
years using a slide show, later remade into a video, that didn't make the best
use of technology to share their story about women working in the Portland
shipyards during WWII. Read more about GOOD WORK SISTER! at...
http://www.nwdocumentary.org/about/newsletters.html


Of course, you can always stop by our office and pick up your own hard-copy
version of our Quarterly to keep around the house.  We're at 115 SW Ash, Suite
620 (see a picture of our office in the newsletter!), and we'd love to see you.

Don't forget: the tenth EXPLORING DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION workshop begins July 19
and is now enrolling! Visit http://www.nwdocumentary.org for more information.

Happy holiday weekend,

Jen Smith

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Outreach & Communications
NW Documentary Arts & Media
www.nwdocumentary.org
503.227.8688