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.