2021 Betty Bowen Award Finalist Howard L. Mitchell has received a SPECIAL COMMENDATION AWARD of over $1,500, added by the committee. Mitchell was chosen from a pool of 420 applicants from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho to compete for the $24,500 in awards. Howard L. GATO Mitchell analyzes the relationships between identity, class, and power in…
Police Brutality and Its Links to the Housing Crisis Are Themes in the Portland-Set Short “Forgive Us Our Debts” The film screens at Cinema Unbound Drive-In at Zidell Yards this weekend. DEBT OF GRATITUDE: Forgive Us Our Debts is a much-needed examination of Portland’s history of discrimination By Chance Solem-Pfeifer | Published September 22 at 7:14…
Howard’s short film ‘Forgive Us Our Debts’ is our May winner and part of our official selection for the 2021 festival What was the inspiration behind making Forgive Us Our Debts? I’ve always been consumed with the concept of “home,” since it looks like different things for many different people. A poet said that “home is…
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…
