November 12, 2014
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Vancouver
East County
Beaverton
Alberta
North Portland
Residents o f Vanport cany some o f their belongings to safety m the moments before the lo m t ia s completely engulfed by floodwaters in 19.
The Wake
of Vanport
New documentary screens Saturday
You’re invited to learn more about
Portland’s history through a documen
tary showing the making and destruction
of V an port, a lost city of Oregon that once
served as a home to thousands of black
families before a disastrous flood in 1948.
"The Wake of Vanport" honors the
death of a city and the viewing of its
history through the collection o f Vanport
stories as told by the voices o f those that
lived there. It is also a celebration of life
after loss.
The first public screening of "The
Wake o f Vanport" takes place Satur
day, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. at the V ancouver
Avenue First Baptist Church, in the
O.B. Williams Fellowship Hall, 3138 N.
Vancouver Ave.
Admission is free and open to the pub
lic, and the film will be followed by a
discussion with survivors of the Vanport
Flood and the producers of the film, the
Vanport Multimedia Project. Refresh
ments will be provided.
Overturned cars in Vanport following the flood o f 19 48 that wiped out the tow
which housed many workers, including a large African American community.