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September 13, 2017
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‘Night School,’ a powerful film that displays compassion and empathy to illustrate the daily struggles
of three adults students on the fringes. Screens Sunday, Sept. 17, and again Tuesday, Oct. 17 at the
Northwest Film Centre’s Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum, downtown.
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Tender Film on Students Shut Out
The socially minded documen-
tary “Night School,” a tender,
empathetic film that illustrates
the daily struggles of those on the
fringes gets a screening at The
Northwest Film Center’s Whitsell
Auditorium at the Portland Art
Museum, downtown.
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illuminates the particular strug-
gles of three adults students who
are enrolled in night school and
seeking a better life and increased
job security. The dead-end work,
street violence and isolation they
have faced are captured in a film
that teasingly looks at the larger
forces at play, prompting us, as
citizens, to delve further into these
issues facing millions of everyday
Americans.
“Night School,” will show at 7
p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17, and on
Monday, Oct. 23, also at 7 p.m.
Admission is $9 for adults, $8
for students and seniors, and $6
for children.
A Rap Star’s Gothic Touch
Los Angeles rap artist D33J
D33J, a Los Ange-
les producer known for
giving a gothic touch
to the soulful beats of
fellow rap artists like
Lil Yachty, Tory Lanez
and Killavesi, plays
in Portland this month
just as he releases his
long-awaited
debut
album “Death Valley
Oasis” on Anticon Re-
cords.
The album is de-
scribed as deconstruct-
ed futuristic R&B, with
lush ambient dreams-
capes and appearances
from his Anticon la-
belmates Deradoorian
and Baths and Wedidit
crewmates
Shlohmo
and Corbin.
D33J plays Friday,
Sept. 15 at the Wonder
Ballroom, 128 N.E.
Russell St.