Portland International Film Festival

Arts & CultureMarch 6, 2020<April 2, 2020

Sunless Shadows Complicates the Murderess
Iranian documentary empathizes with girls who have killed their abusers

by McKinzie Smith

Sunless Shadows marks director Mehrdad Oskouei’s second exploration of life in an Iranian girls prison. His previous effort, Starless Dreams, takes place at this…

Illustration by Haley Riley of a feather with First Nations patterning on it.

Arts & CultureMarch 5, 2020<April 2, 2020

nîpawistamâsowin: The Boushie Family Stands Up
Documentary about a racially motivated crime is shocking but unifying

by McKinzie Smith

On August 9, 2016, Colten Boushie went to the river with friends. They swam and drank together, enjoying the heat of the late summer…