Category: Film
January 17, 2021
S. Renee Mitchell – Spreading Black Joy
Dmae features S. Renee Mitchell, performer, multimedia artist, former Oregonian columnist and the winner of the 2019 Spirit of Portland award. She is the creative force behind the “Spreading the Black Joy Virus,” a multimedia intergenerational project intended to increase … Read the rest
December 7, 2020
Pushing Boundaries Revisited
Dmae Roberts presents a half of her one-hour Pushing Boundaries Special. This was a year-long investigation with Dmae and producers Macon Reed and Tali Singer. Pushing Boundaries explored artists and arts groups pushing personal, artistic, cultural and physical boundaries in … Read the rest
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October 25, 2020
Yasmin Ruvalcaba
Dmae features a conversation with Yasmin Ruvalcaba, a Latinx theatre artist and community engagement advocate who works in the Portland-metro and Washington County area. She also works as a program manager for Advance Gender Equity in the Arts (AGE) and … Read the rest
September 26, 2020
MATTER
Dmae focuses on MATTER, written and performed by Charles Grant as a response to police brutality and gun violence inflected on Black Americans. We hear clips from the film and excerpts of a Zoom conversation with Charles Grant, director James … Read the rest
November 2, 2019
SOUL’D
Dmae features SOUL’D: the economics of our black body, a new devised ensemble piece that examines the American Economic Dream for Black Americans. She’ll talk with director Damaris Webb (who is also co-director of Vanport Mosaic) and actress
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May 25, 2019
GAMBATTE at Vanport Mosaic
Dmae talked with activist, choreographer and dancer Chisao Hata who debuts a performance piece called GAMBATTE: An American Legacy at the Vanport Mosaic Festival which currently has events throughout Portland and runs through June 5th. GAMBATTE, a Japanese phrase that … Read the rest