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February 8, 2017
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African-American poet and memoirist Maya Angelou is profiled in the documentary “Maya Angelou:
And Still I Rise,” screening Thursday, Feb. 9 to open the Portland Black Film Festival at the Hollywood
Theater in northeast Portland.
Black Film Festival Opens
2 weeks of screenings at the Hollywood Theatre
Celebrating black perspectives
and stories during Black History
Month, the Hollywood Theatre
in northeast Portland hosts the
2017 Portland Black Film Festi-
val, opening Thursday, Feb. 9 and
continuing through Feb. 22
Legendary screen actress Pam
Grier will be in attendance as a
special guest on Saturday, Feb. 11
during a special 35mm screening
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of her 1973 film “Coffy,” a mar-
quee event that has already sold
out in pre sales, according to festi-
val organizers.
Additional festival highlights
include a showing of the new doc-
umentary “I Am Not Your Negro,”
from filmmaker Raoul Peck; “Sign
O’ The Times,” a Prince concert
film directed by the late musician
himself; and “The New Black,” a
documentary about gay rights in
the African American community.
“Maya Angelou: And I Still
Rise,” a documentary profiling the
life of the great African-American
poet and memoirist Maya Ange-
lou opens the festival on Thurs-
day, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
For tickets, and a complete fes-
tival lineup, visit hollywoodthe-
atre.org.
Safeguarding Values
Governor
expands state
sanctuary status
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
C LASSIFIEDS
C ALENDAR
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has
signed an executive order to solid-
ify the state’s status as a sanctuary
state forbidding state cooperation
with federal immigration author-
ities when the only crime being
pursued is for being in the country
without proper documentation.
The action makes clear that
state agencies and state employees
will uphold Oregon’s values of
nondiscrimination and inclusive-
ness, Brown said. It forbids using
state and local resources to dis-
criminate based on immigration
status; and forbids state agencies
from using public resources to
help create a religious registry.
Brown issued the order on
Thursday, a few days after Presi-
dent Trump’s executive order ban-
ning most travelers from seven
majority-Muslim countries from
entering the U.S. and stopping all
refugees from entering the coun-
try for 120 days and from Syria
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
indefinitely.
Oregon pioneered statewide
sanctuary status in a 1987 law
when immigrant workers and their
families were sometimes housed
in appalling conditions despite
their importance to agricultural
profits.
Brown said she will enforce
that law, including taking legal ac-
tion if the Trump Administration
tries to withhold federal funding
as leverage.
“They mow our lawns. They
pick our grapes,” Brown said.
“They take care of our children
and they take care of our seniors,
and I want to make sure they feel
welcome in Oregon.”
The law means immigrants can
go to police when they are a victim
of a crime or witness one, with-
out fearing deportation, said Jann
Carson, associate director of the
ACLU of Oregon. “The biggest
result is that Oregon police have
not participated in INS, now ICE,
raids on migrant farms, apartment
buildings, roadblocks.”
She said immigrants here ille-
gally can’t receive welfare bene-
fits but that many pay taxes.
Former lawmaker Dick Spring-
er helped pass Oregon’s measure
30 years ago. He said the mea-
sure received bipartisan support.
Asked if it makes Oregon a sanc-
tuary state, Springer said that was
his intent.
“We’re not going to hassle peo-
ple that want to make a living and
are contributing to our economy,”
he said, choking up with emotion.
“They have a very strong work
ethic. They have commitment to
faith and to family. Those are the
families we cherish, embrace and
welcome.”
Associated Press contributed to
this report.