At a moment of mutual desperation, two restless souls in different Northwest cities match online and meet up at a small town between them. When they come face-to-face and fail to connect, they're left to wander the coastline together— basking in the solace of their shared despair.
A man's perfectly-planned marriage proposal is slightly complicated by the fact that the friend he brought along to film the moment is turning into a zombie.
When a man sets out to end his life, a chance encounter with a chaotic young woman keeps derailing his plans, forcing him to confront whether life might still be worth living for.
A young woman makes her grandmother’s borscht recipe.
A Woman Relapses.
Tuni & Yoohoo have an adventurous day around Seattle.
Follows the creation and distribution of a flyer advising people of a way to avoid being drafted.
When enthusiastic buddies Calvin and Jeremy kidnap their favorite musician, the once cult-famous, now retired Roman Reeds, they have a simple ask. They just want to hear his famous unreleased album. But now Roman’s stalker is wondering where he went. And now Calvin’s optimism is starting to feel a little naïve. And now Jeremy’s having mixed feelings. And now they’re in over their heads.
Conceived as a challenge between twin brothers, the Dick’s-A-Thon has grown into Seattle’s premiere marathon event. Participants must run to five different locations of the iconic Dick’s Drive-In and eat something off the menu, like burgers, fries or shakes, at each stop. Dick’s-A-Thon is the origin story of a wacky run that has evolved into a beloved race with 650 participants, a fundraiser and a memorial to one of its mountaineering founders.
A film on Eucharist in the Episcopal Church that relates the experience of liturgy to the experience of life everyday. The film expresses this relationship by focusing on the lives of four people in the congregation: a street person, a Vietnamese refugee, a Hispanic single mother, and a well-to-do businessman. Scenes from their lives are woven through the liturgical celebration.
Comprised of moments from over 40 films shot in Seattle, and a few irresistible facsimiles, Once Upon a Time in Seattle is part love letter, part loony action adventure, and part free-associative meditation on the transience of landscape in a city that has always had a complicated relationship with honoring its past while moving swiftly into the future.
Chaos in Seattle.
Half-hour documentary based on the work of Northwest author Ivan Doig and his "brother" of yesteryear, Northwest pioneer James G. Swann. Broadcast November 24, 1982. Included in "Best of the Northwest Films" exhibition for Bumbershoot. Winner of the Critics Award for Cinematography at the 16th Annual Northwest Film and Video Seminar, 1983. Partial funding by Washington Commission for the Humanities.
After regenerating in Victorian London, the new Doctor and a chimney sweep, Carl Evans travel to 1980s North America; where they find a commune of Vietnam war veterans living in a national park - hunted down and killed by an alien force.
A half-hour program about the life and writing of this popular author. Partially funded by Bumbershoot, The Seattle Arts Festival. Broadcast on KCTS, and screened at Bumbershoot award ceremony honoring Robbins, August 1997. Distributed nationally by PBS Adult Learning Services.
When the cities most beloved super hero goes missing it's up to the street level super femmes to save the day. This film was originally an award winning web series that explores comic book tropes with a mighty dose of camp and humor.
This segment involves a pop-up book trip through the Brazilian state of Bahía (spelled Baía in the film), as Donald and José meet up with some of the locals who dance a samba and Donald pining for one of the women, portrayed by singer Aurora Miranda.
Contrasting artistic visions, misplaced confidence and blatant ignorance collide on the backdrop of an increasingly fragile and divided world. Two stubborn Scottish filmmakers struggle to make a short film together in the Austrian Alps.
This is the story of a group of Mexican children who celebrated Christmas by re-enacting the journey of Mary, the mother of Jesus and Saint Joseph searching for room at the inn. "Posada" meant "inn", or "shelter", and their parents told them "no posada" at each house until they came to one where they were offered shelter in a stable. This leads to festivities including the breaking of the piñata, which in turn leads to Donald Duck trying to break his own piñata as well.