NWDoc @ Portland International Women's Day - (Posted: March 07, 2010 @ 11:50 AM)

Unleash Your Story
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Join our staff and alumni today at PSU in celebration of International Women's Day. Meet local female filmmakers, view their short docs, and engage in a conversation about producing documentaries. Be empowered by the accessibility of today's technology and the surprising ease of "unleashing" the storyteller in you.

Make something this spring. - (Posted: February 01, 2010 @ 08:52 PM)

Make a documentary. Record your family's story. Shoot with Super-8. Learn Final Cut Pro. Tell your story at NW Documentary.

Spring workshops begin Monday, Feb. 8 and we have something for everyone. Download our catalog and register today.

10, 9, 8....It's the final countdown - (Posted: December 31, 2009 @ 06:40 PM)

Only hours left of 2009.  

We're thrilled for a final rush of donations--from family, friends, current and former students, and friends of friends. All together, each in their own way at their own level, helped us reach just over $8,000.  It is the most we have ever raised at year-end. 

We roll into 2010 with a calendar of new classes, new events, and new creative projects. 

We're grateful to each and every one of you who gave this year. Thank you. Each of you who gave affirmed that real stories matter, that in saving them and sharing them, we are reconnected to who we are, what we value, and what we wish to pass on.

We wish you all a very happy New Year of many stories to come. 

10 DAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE - (Posted: December 22, 2009 @ 05:33 PM)

Only 10 days remain to make a tax-deductible donation to NW Documentary through the Give!Guide.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you to all our kind supporters who have already made their contribution and earned nifty incentives.

As of today, we are at $6,921.  We are truly excited and grateful.  But there's still time to help us get further and do more in 2010!  

Anyone want to give $80 or more and help us break $7,000? Just click here: www.wweek.com/giveguide

Still Time to Give & to Get! - (Posted: December 16, 2009 @ 08:14 PM)

Only two weeks left.  December 31, 2009. 

If you make a donation to NW Documentary through the Willamette Week's Give!Guide before Dec 31, you:

• Qualify for all the cool incentive gifts (including a $100 gift certificate to Pro Photo for gift of $500 or more)
• Get a helpful tax deduction for your 09 taxes (and who doesn't want to lower their taxes this year?)
• And, most importantly, know that you are making a measurable and immediate difference, helping the dedicated creative work of NW Documentary (teaching and inspiring our community through the creation of meaningful documentary stories!)

The clock is ticking, so go to www.wweek.com/giveguide to make your easy online donation today!

Thank you!

Homegrown DocFest - this Friday! - (Posted: December 08, 2009 @ 11:21 AM)

Locally-made Films * Dance  & Circus Performance * Food + Beer*

On Friday, Dec. 11 at 8:30 p.m. at the Mission Theater, all-new locally-made documentaries will hit the big screen. NW Documentary’s “Homegrown DocFest” will feature a dozen films produced during Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Documentary, Experimental, and Podcast workshops.

These quirky, enlightening and endearing short documentary films will introduce a host of colorful, local characters and topics.

This Homegrown DocFest will also feature performances by Circus Artemis, Portland’s new all-women circus, and Polaris Dance Theatre, a contemporary modern dance company.  Both groups are featured in the documentaries and will be performing new works.

The evening showcases DIY storytelling in Portland and will celebrate NW Documentary’s inclusion in the Willamette Week’s 2009 Give!Guide. Filmmaker Q&As and the release of the 2010 Spring Catalog of NW Documentary workshops follow the performance. 

Friday, Dec. 11 at 8:30 p.m. ay Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan. Admission: $7 at the door (proceeds to benefit NW Documentary educational programs).