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With a vibrant Pacific Northwest backdrop
and even more colorful indie atmosphere, the
Rose City is known to (pun alert!) lens itself
to queer film. From QDoc and the Portland
Lesbian and Gay Film Festival to “straighter”
staple showcases like the Pordand Interna
tional Film Festival and the upcoming North
west Filmmakers’Festival (November 11-20),
the areas talented auteurs, movers, shakers,
actors, grips and other créatives unspool their
efforts throughout the year.
Add to the established mix the just-
wrapped annual Portland Oregon Women’s
Film Festival (POW Fest) and DIY rookies
Shorty Shorts Queer Short Film Festival,
set for late November at Q_ Center. Both
relative newcomers have injected a healthy
dose of LGBTQ_ content, and filmmaking,
to the celluloid stew—and there’s plenty
more where that came from.
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Portland doc Austin Unbound sees
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Devotees of Portland-based independent
film may recall the 2004 release of a truncated
documentary exploring the journey of Austin
Richey to receive a double mastectomy in
San Francisco. Richey, born deaf and female,
allowed cameras to accompany him during
the weeks prior to and during his surgery, fa
cilitated by first-time filmmaker, and head of
Greensoda Productions, Eliza Greenwood.
The short film, Austin Unbound, has since
been featured at numerous conferences and
colleges nationwide.
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Now, seven years after shooting wrapped,
the fully realized film is ready to premiere in
its 43-minute form November 12 and 13 at
the Hollywood Theatre. Austin Unbound will
screen again November 15 as part of the
Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival at the Port
land Art Museum.
Greenwood had been showing the 13-
minute version of the film steadily since late
2004, with Richey accompanying to give
presentations and to answer questions. The
pair have grown into what they see as a
brother-sister relationship, and now that the
full film is finished, both report they’re ex
cited to turn the page in a new chapter of
Austin Unbound.
“I’m thrilled,” said Greenwood, 31. “It’s
the moment I’ve been dreaming of for a
long time.”
Reaching the end of the production,
however, wasn’t without its share of bumps
in the road, or differing perspectives on the
film’s focus between subject and creator.
Greenwood’s newness to both the trans
and queer communities in Portland con
cerned Richey initially. Greenwood works
as an interpreter for the deaf community,
and has a sister who’s deaf. She graduated
with a theater degree from George Wash
ington University, and also attended Gal-
laudet University, the world’s only liberal
arts college for the deaf and hard-of-hear
ing. It wasn’t until she became immersed in
Portland’s queer community, and subse
quently worked with Richey as a stage
manager for a local comedy night for the
deaf, that she opened up to what the trans
community was all about.
“I had heard the concept of trans, but I
wasn’t really out and involved in the gay and
lesbian community,” said Greenwood. “I
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