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CAREERS EDUCATION
May 17, 2017
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Film Director C. Fitz (left) tells the story of Jewel Thais-Williams in “Jewel’s Catch One,” a
documentary about a black disco club owner in Los Angeles in the 1970s. The film will
screen this week as part of the Portland Queer Documentary Festival at the Hollywood
Theater in northeast Portland.
Queer Doc
Festival Opens
The Portland Queer Documentary Festival will
be screening 12 recently produced films, includ-
ing movies that include people of color and other
documentaries that shed light on the realities of
the queer experience, both current and historical.
Opening night for the four day festival at the
Hollywood Theater in northeast Portland is
Thursday, May 18.
“Jewel’s Catch One,” one of the festival’s
featured films, tells the story of Jewel Thais-Wil-
liams and her popular Catch One nightclub in Los
Angeles, which was referred to as the Studio 54
of the West Coast. The Catch One was a haven for
members of the black LGBTQ community, and
faced both homophobia and racism in the height
of the AIDS epidemic. The movie will screen on
Friday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m. with the film’s direc-
tor, C. Fitz, and Thais-Williams in attendance.
The film “Bayard and Me,” will screen Friday
at 8:45p.m., documenting the story of black civil
rights leader Bayard Rustin and his fight to obtain
legal protection for his decade-long relationship
with his partner, Walter Naegle.
Chronicling the occasionally troubling tale of a
prominent black queer activist, the documentary
“The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson,” will
screen Saturday, May 20 at 3:30 p.m., telling the
story of Johnson’s life both before and after the
Stonewall Riots, and the inconclusive evidence
surrounding her apparent suicide.
For more information, tickets and a complete
schedule, visit at queerdocfest.org.
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