The intrepid Alien Boy film crew finished the weeks filming with a cheer of success! Nineteen interviews finished and fifteen hours of solid material on the hard drive.
After every interview director Brian Lindstrom would give a sly grin and say, “That was so great!”
Here’s the rundown – Steve Doughton, filmmaker and a teen friend of Jim’s, Eva Lake, visual artist and friend of Jim’s, Jamie Marquez who took photos of Jim after he was beaten and bravely shared them with newspapers, Sam Henry ace drummer for the Wipers, the band which created the song Alien Boy about Jim, Jay Auslander, program manager for Project Respond, Portland’s psychiatric urgent care outreach team, Michael Hopcroft who is a columnist for Street Roots newspaper, Roy Silberstein and Jason Renaud from the Mental Health Association of Portland, State Senator and mental health advocate Avel Gordly and her son Tyrone Waters, Reverend Dr. W G Hardy of Highland Ministries who followed what happened to Kendra James and James Jahar Perez closely, Alex Bassos who represents individuals in civil commitment cases for Metropolitan Public Defenders, Steve Snyder, a psychiatric investigator for Multnomah County, Dan Handelman of Portland CopWatch, Alex Kigrel who has schizophrenia and is studying criminal justice at Portland State, David Lilligard who witnessed Jim being beaten on September 17, 2006, Matt Davis, investigative reporter for the Portland Mercury, Randy Moe, a friend of Jim’s who kept posters, artwork and mementos Jim made, and Portland City Commissioner Randy Leonard.
Thanks everyone!
We will shoot another full week in June, and perhaps a week in July, then shoot stills and landscapes during a week in August.
Learn more about Alien Boy, a documentary about the life and death of James Chasse at www.alienboy.org
