Q &\; A with director Courtney Herman a nd producer Judith Raiskin follows screening. \;
\nThis event is in partnership with Deschutes County Historic Museum. Following the event three study rooms will be staffed with volunteers who will be collecting StoryCorps style reflections from community members. The recordings will b e archived and preserved. \;
\nOutliers and Outlaws unc overs the history of a large and vibrant lesbian community in Eugene\, Ore gon. Lesbians who migrated to this small city in the 1960s-90s candidly sh are stories about the power of courageous and creative world-building. Int imate portraits&ndash\;both then and now&ndash\;model living in hard times with hope\, humor\, and commitment to social change. Narrated by musician Jody Bleyle (Team Dresch and Hazel) \;Outliers and Outlaws i ncludes a rich archive of images documenting this groundbreaking community . \;
\n\nAbout the Director:
\nCou rtney Hermann (she/they) is a documentary filmmaker with decades of experi ence directing\, producing\, and shooting short and feature-length documen tary films. Courtney is co-author of the 7th edition of the foundational t extbook Directing the Documentary (2020) with Michael Rabiger and an Associate Professor of Film at Portland State University. Courtney&rsq uo\;s feature documentaries include \;Standing Silent Nation \ ;(nationally broadcast on POV/PBS\, programmed at the Smithsonian Ins titution)\; \;Exotic World and the Burlesque Revival \;(s elected for dOCUMENTA 15\, featured daily at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Mu seum)\; and Crying Earth Rise Up (broadcast on PBS stations natio nally). Courtney&rsquo\;s many short films include \;There&rsquo\; s Heart Here \;(featured at United States Conference on AIDS and at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health conference) a nd \;Burton Before and After. \;
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About the Produc er:
\nJudith Raiskin (she/they) co-created The Eugene Lesbi an Oral History Project\, a multi-platform public history project about th e community of lesbians in Eugene\, Oregon from the 1960s-90s. From 83 ora l history interviews and a robust archival collection\, Professor Raiskin co-created an interactive digital exhibit and a physical museum exhibit wh ich was installed for a year at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Eugene. The exhibit included a lecture series and guided walking tours of the town and its lesbian history\, and will next be installed at the O regon Jewish Museum. As a Professor of Women&rsquo\;s\, Gender\, and Sexua lity Studies at the University of Oregon\, Judith teaches courses in the f ields of disability studies\, LGBTQ history and culture\, literature\, and archival research. They are the faculty director of the LGBTQ+ Scholars R esidential Academic Community\, a unique community and service to LGBTQ+ s tudents on the University of Oregon campus which she helped found. Profess or Raiskin has received numerous awards for her work related to The Eugene Lesbian History Project including grants from the Oregon Cultural Trust.< /p>\n
Questions? Contact lizg@deshuteslibrary.org \;
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