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February 7, 2018
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE:
55TH ANNUAL WEST COAST
PREACHERS & LEADERS FORUM
A 35mm screening
of the 1984 film ‘The
Brother from Another
Planet,’ staring Joe
Morton and with
Morton in attendance
for a question and
answer session fol-
lowing the Saturday,
Feb. 24 showing will
highlight the month
long Portland Black
Film Festival, now
underway at the
Hollywood Theater in
northeast Portland.
Actor Joe Morton to attend special screening
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A film festival to examine the
black experience in America and
showcase the cinematic achieve-
ments of African African-Amer-
ican stars and filmmakers fills
the calendar this month at the
nonprofit Hollywood Theatre in
northeast Portland.
The 2018 Portland Black Film
Festival is curated by Portland
writer and filmmaker David F.
Walker. This year’s guest of hon-
or will be actor Joe Morton, who
will join the festival for a special
screening of his 1984 film “The
Brother from Another Planet,” on
Saturday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m., with
a question and answer session to
follow.
Morton is an Emmy and
NAACP Image Award winning
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Joe Morton
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Additional festival highlights
include a spotlight on local in-
structor, artist and filmmaker Eli-
jah Hasan on Wednesday, Feb. 21;
an extremely rare 35mm print of
“The Spook Who Sat by the Door’
showing Saturday, Feb. 17.
A complete festival lineup is
available athollywoodtheater.org.
Tickets for the Joe Morton special
event are $20. Tickets for the rest
of the festival screenings are $9
($7 for students and seniors).