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March 20, 2019
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Women in Film
Kathleen Collins
challenged
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Kathleen Collins, the late Af-
rican-American, poet, playwright
and film director whose contri-
bution to women’s and African
America cinema was significant,
will be honored during this year’s
POW Fest, the Portland Oregon
Women’s Film Festival.
The 12th annual event opens
Wednesday, March 27 at the Holo-
cene and continues through Sun-
day, March 31 at the historic Hol-
lywood Theater, Clinton Street
Theater and Holocene.
Collins’ work was significant
in conveying images of people of
color, particularly women in ways
that even now are rarely seen in
popular culture. Her 1982 mas-
terpiece “Losing Ground,” will
screen on Saturday, March 30 at
7 p.m. at the Hollywood theater
with Collins’ daughter in atten-
dance.
In addition, this year’s POW
Fest will feature women and
Photo by r onald g ray
This year’s POW Fest, the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival,
honors the late Kathleen Collins, an African-American poet,
playwright, writer, filmmaker, director, civil rights activist and
educator from Jersey City, N.J.
non-binary filmmakers from
around the world, including Aus-
tralia, Brazil, Canada, Czech
Republic, Germany, Italy, New
Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Swit-
zerland, Taiwan, Turkey and the
UK.
Tickets and a complete sched-
ule are available by visiting pow-
filmfest.com.
Play Tackles Jim Crow Racism
PassinArt, Portland’s African
American production theater com-
pany, presents “The No Play,” by
John Henry Redwood, conveying
the racially divided world of Hali-
fax, North Carolina in 1949 at the
apex of the Jim Crow segregation
era. The title is derived from many
“No” signs that dotted the south-
ern landscape during that despotic
era in American history.
The play centers on an Afri-
can-American woman struggling
to raise her two daughters and
protect her marriage while surviv-
ing the insurmountable effects of
racism and bigotry. She finds an
ally in Yaveni Aaronsohn, a Jew-
ish scholar who also must endure
and overcome the reality of racial
intolerance.
The play is about deep family
bonds, profound love and cultural
connections.
The No Play is now showing on
Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sun-
days at 3 p.m. through April 14 at
the Interstate Firehouse Cultural
Center, 5340 N Interstate Ave. For
tickets, visit evenbrite.com