Beyond Walls will feature five short documentaries and conversations with community changemakers
November 4, 2023, Portland, OR – Portland area organizations partner to host the free screening series Beyond Walls, showcasing five short documentaries and a conversation with local change makers and leaders. The screening will take place on Monday, November 27th from 7:00PM to 9PM at Clinton Street Theater.
The films chosen for Beyond Walls, a Working Films led program, examine prison abolition from a wide range of perspectives with the hope of inspiring people to imagine and take action toward a world invested in community and not punitive practices.
Two of the films featured in Beyond Walls, are Practical Abolition, and Defund the Police. These two short animations challenge the idea that investing in policing will solve society’s problems. The films instead imagine what’s possible if society invested in resources that actually keep communities safe.
Don’t Shoot Portland is an arts and education organization that promotes social justice and civic participation. Our year-round programming allows us to advocate for community members facing racism and discrimination by providing legal representation and direct advocacy. Since our inception in 2016, Don’t Shoot Portland has hosted its own dialogues, community forums and workshops focusing on history, archiving and social culture. The art proponent of our work acts as a communicative tool to facilitate discussions about race in America while providing educational assets to those most affected by discrimination in public policy.
The Beyond Walls screening will run from 7 to 9pm on Monday, November 27 at Clinton Street Theater in Portland, OR. More details can be found here. Contact Taishona Carpenter at contact@dontshootpdx.org with questions and to request any special accommodations.
About Beyond Borders and Working Films
Beyond Walls is a project of Working Films, a national nonprofit organization based in Wilmington, NC. Recognizing the power of stories to inspire and transform, Working Films builds partnerships between nonfiction media-makers, nonprofit organizations, educators, and advocates to advance social justice and environmental sustainability, and support community-based change. Beyond Walls was curated by: Center for Political Education, Critical Resistance, MPD150, and Survived + Punished. Learn more about Beyond Walls: https://www.workingfilms.org/beyond_walls.
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