FREE
SCREENING
In celebration of hispanic
heritage month
NUESTRA VISION, NUESTRO FUTURO:
The Oregon Latino Youth Video Project
WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 8TH- 7 P.M.
WHITSELL AUDITORIUM
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
1219 SW PARK AVENUE
FREE ADMISSION
ENTRADA LIBRE
The screening will be followed by the seven minute Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat piece about the making of the project.
Community Leaders, educators and librarians around the state, from Susan Castillo to Serena Cruz, are hailing the completion of NUESTRA VISION, NUESTRO FUTURO, five video shorts which depict the challenges and rewards of growing up Latino in today’s Oregon. The works were created through The Oregon Latino Youth Video Project, a collaboration between the Film Center’s Young Filmmakers Program and The Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement. Through the project 49 Latino youth, ages 14-19, from Bend, Ontario, Gresham, and Portland worked with Northwest Film Center faculty to document their lives and communities and to share their hopes and aspirations on video. “We are showing the positive things our people are doing in the community, how we have impacted the community,” explains Adam Martinez, of Ontario, one of the students who worked on the project. (60 minutes) 1999-2002
Co-presented
with the Oregon Folklife Program of the
Oregon Historical Society and
its exhibition,
OUR WAYS: HISTORY AND CULTURE OF MEXICANS IN OREGON,
opening October 4th.