The Clinton Street Theater

Portland’s Venue For All Things Weird and Wonderful

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Snow White (1916) with Live Harp & Viola Score

Many know Disney’s classic animated film, but few are aware that that a teenage Walt Disney saw the original silent movie of the fairy tale, and it was this 1916 silent that inspired him to make his own version. 

Rumored to have been destroyed in a vault fir, but a single theatrical print was discovered in the Netherlands in 1992. A heroic restoration was performed by the George Eastman House film archive. In 2016, Northwest Film Forum commissioned harpist-composer Leslie McMichael to create a new score, which she's now bringing to The Clinton Street Theater!

THE DEMON (1963) (Church of Film)

Fellini screenwriter Brunello Rondi, fresh off the success of 8 1/2, directed this earthy, dark, and highly sophisticated look at magic and superstition in Italy, with a gritty and creepy documentary feel, incredible high contrast photography, and a deft ability to dip from reality into surreality.

The Summer of Soul

The directorial debut of Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson documents the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival celebrating African-American music and culture by promoting Black pride and unity, which critics praised as a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present.