The TriMet Trilogy Portland filmmaker El Gato Negro wants hipsters to have a heart. STRANGERS ON THE BUS: The first installment in El Gato Negro’s TriMet Trilogy. Howard Mitchell is old school. The Portland filmmaker behind the TriMet Trilogy showing at Mission Theater this Sunday cites such deadly earnest (and just plain dead) heavyweights…
Synopsis: “Through the eyes of babes, anything is possible.” Synesthesia colors, light, sound, a little girl and a woman blend to express, without words, the Portuguese word for longing: Saudade (There is no translation for this word in the English language). Film Title: Saudade Director: Howard el gato negro Mitchell or “Gato” Category: Children’s short…
Is Howard Mitchell El Gato Negro? Or is El Gato Negro Howard Mitchell? Even the artist himself has trouble differentiating the two at times. “I like reinventing myself,” Mitchell told The Skanner about his penname, given to him by friends some years ago. The independent filmmaker, formerly of Seattle, has been living in Portland for…