Filmmaker Sean Baker, who won four Academy Awards earlier this year for the movie Anora , is coming to Cinema 21 later this month. After a screening of his 2015 film Tangerine , Baker will have an on-stage conversation with author and former Oregonian film critic Shawn Levy.
The event is the grand finale of the Northwest Portland’s movie theater’s centennial celebration, which will run Sept. 19-28.
“This September, Portland’s beloved Cinema 21 reaches a milestone few theaters ever achieve: 100 years of cinema, community and cultural impact,” said the press release announcing the 10-day festival.
Tickets for the Sept. 28 Sean Baker event are $40, still available and on sale here, but act fast. Tangerine , famously shot on iPhones, is about a working girl searching Los Angeles o