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February 12, 2020
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Portland movie actor and producer Ramone Palmore tackles gun violence in two new films, “Saving
District,” coming out March 14, and “Two Sons in a Day,” a film to begin production this summer
about the 2010 police shooting death of Aaron Campbell in Portland.
Actor Stars in Films on Gun Violence
Finishes one
picture; plans
next role as
Aaron Campbell
Ramone Palmore, a Portland
actor and producer is celebrating
the completion of a new movie,
“Saving District,” a short film
about school shootings in Amer-
ica, and he will soon take on the
role of Aaron Campbell in a new
movie about the black Portland
man who was killed by a police
sniper 10 years ago in a con-
frontation outside his apartment
while mourning the death of his
brother.
“Saving District,” a short in-
dependent film that is coming
out on March 14, is about a kid
named Dennis, a high schooler
with a rough life who feels like
he is at the end of his rope. He’s
been pushed down his whole life,
and for once he doesn’t feel like
getting back up. The extremes he
is willing to go to make his voice
heard is s reflection of the chaos
and gun violence happening in
America right now.
This summer, Palmore will
begin production of “Two Sons
in a Day,” the film based on the
events leading to Campbell’s
death when he was gunned
down by law enforcement on the
same day his brother Timothy
Douglas passed away from heart
complications leaving Campbell
hurt and emotionally raw.
As police showed up to his
home, Campbell complied to or-
ders of walking backwards out of
his apartment with his hands over
his head, but a police sniper shot
him, leaving Marva Davis, the
mother of both sons, heartbroken
and searching for answers. Two
Sons in a Day will be directed
and written by Mischa Webley
and produced by Elevate Pictures
and Global Millennium Pictures.
Palmore, 35, started acting
with Director Beth Harper at
Portland’s Actors Conservatory.
He studied at the Artists Rep-
ertory Theatre with instructor
Chris Harder. He was cast in “A
Street Car Named Desire” at the
Second Story Repertory theatre
with Director Jane Ryan. He was
then asked to lead in commer-
cials for KGW news and Modus.
Palmore has appeared in Grimm
and the Librarians on TV.