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Arts & Entertainment Opening This Week — Sept. 14 Free HD Video Camera Workshop BIG BUDGET FILMS North Portland Training Center teaches the art of recording oral history Finding Nemo (G) 3-D rerelease of the much- beloved animated adventure about a timid clownfish (Albert Brooks) who sum- mons up the courage to embark on a perilous transoceanic trek to rescue a son (Alexander Gould) left trapped in a bowl in a den- tist’s office after being net- ted by fishermen near the Great Barrier Reef. Voice cast includes Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Allison Jan- ney and Geoffrey Rush. A ‘Finding Nemo’ death of his mistress (Laeti- tia Casta) rather than risk damaging his marriage and reputation. With Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling and William Friedkin. Resident Evil: Retribu- tion (R for pervasive graph- ic violence) 5th installment in the grisly, sci-fi franchise finds Milla Jovovich repris- ing her role as an intrepid defender of the planet and forging new alliances in a high body-count fight against legions of flesh-eat- ing zombies. With Boris Kodjoe, Oded Fehr, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez and Bingbing Li. I’m Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful (Unrated) Oscar-winner Jonathan Demme (for Silence of the Lambs) directs this post- Katrina documentary chron- icling the valiant struggle of a feisty, retired resident of New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward to rebuild her home left devastated by the hurri- cane. INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS 10 Years (PG-13 for pro- fanity, sexuality, drug use and alcohol abuse) Skele- tons-out-of-the-closet dram- edy about the shocking confessions shared by five best friends (Channing Tatum, Justin Long, Chris Pratt, Oscar Isaac and Max Minghella) upon returning to their hometown for their 10th high school reunion. Ensemble cast includes Rosario Dawson, Anthony Mackie, Jenna Dewan- Tatum, Ari Graynor, Kate Mara and Ron Livingston. community who find them- selves surrounded by a swarm of great white sharks after a tsunami leaves them trapped inside a submerged grocery store. Cast includes Xavier Samuel, Julian McMahon and Phoebe Tonkin. ‘I’m Carolyn Parker’ Bait 3-D (R for profanity, graphic violence and grisly images) Disaster flick about the residents of a beachfront Barfi! (Unrated) Romance drama about the love triangle which devel- ops when a woman (Ileana D’Cruz) has second thoughts about rejecting a hearing and speech- impaired suitor (Ranbir Kapoor) after he falls for a mentally-challenged maid- en (Priyanka Chopra). (In Hindi with subtitles) free intensive workshop on Sat- urday, September 29 from 9 A.M. – 5 P.M. is open to the general public 18 years and over. Sponsored by The Skanner Foundation, the North Portland Multime- dia Training Center (NPMTC) offers training and production opportu- nities to increase visibili- ty of the community in a positive way. Dozens of video pro- ductions of community Students learn the art of HD camera operation events and histories of individuals through inter- munity to capture any remaining stories views have been the result of the training about a lost city, once an important part of to date and can be viewed at Portland, before it is too late. www.npmtc.com The upcoming NPMTC In addition, skills workshop is taught by Tim learned through the pro- Rooney and Miae Kim, ject’s multimedia work- experts in videography and shops have led to oral history documentation. successful careers in The NPMTC workshop production for some takes place at The Skanner, students. 415 N. Killingsworth, Port- This new workshop land. blends teaching the “Life in Vanport” is also mechanics of HD cam- sponsored by a matching era operation and the art grant from Mt. Hood Cable of producing oral histo- Regulatory Commission. ry in a one-day 8-hour For more information workshop. about the class or to regis- NPMTC supports the ter, go to www.npmtc.com . community’s effort to You may also email record the histories of its citizens through npmtc@comcast.net or call and leave a their own words. The first topic used for message at 503-285-5555, x 521. Registra- the project-based training will be “Life in tion is required prior to workshop date. Vanport.” This is an outreach to the com- NPMTC offers training and production opportunities to increase the visibility of the community in a positive way Arbitrage (R for profani- ty, drug use and violent images) Richard Gere stars in this Wall Street thriller as the philandering manager of a sinking hedge fund who implicates a friend of the family (Nate Parker) in the Specializing in *short sales * bank owned properties * first time home buyers * investment properties * residential & commercial Torrey Nelson C: 503-381-2107 W: 503-208-3797 F: 503-536-6523 E: mrtnel@gmail.com www.dwellrealtypdx.com 5625 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. Portland, OR 97211 September 12, 2012 The Portland Skanner Page 5
