I’ve blogged before about the production of “Alien Boy,” the documentary that Brian Lindstrom is making about the death of Jim Chasse at the hands of Portland Police Officers in 2006.
Brian is best known for his brilliant film “Finding Normal,”which he made as a one-man show. This time, he has more help, including Portland Mercury muckraker Matt Davis, former Pond front man Charlie Campbell, and several figures from the Mental Health Association of Portland.
But the production could use even more help in the form of Benjamins — i.e., money — and so a benefit will be held at the Wonder Ballroom on Sept. 17 to raise funds to complete the film.
Some details of the event have been released. And while I must admit that these performers don’t mean terribly much to me (what, Steve and Eydie were booked somewhere else?), I can state without reservation that this is a damned worthwhile cause.
August 5, 2008 at 2:10 pm |
Brian Lindstrom’s movie ‘Finding Normal’ was a straightforward, highly impressive depiction of a life-saving program for addicts here in PDX. What was most impressive was that he didn’t take the easy, sensationalist route for his at times dramatic subject .
He let the people he was filming speak for themselves. It is therefore with considerable anticipation that I view his work on the life of James Chasse. Chasse’s death begged many critical questions for our community and I imagine Lindstrom is as capable as it gets to address them while humanizing the man whom police apparently dismissed as less than human.