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KATU News, Sept. 16, 2016 It’s been nearly 10 years since James Chasse, a man with paranoid schizophrenia, died in police custody after Portland officers beat him. An advocate for the mentally ill says despite many reforms, justice is still not served. Portland’s police chief told KATU Friday the bureau has come a long way […]
GoLocalPDX Arts, August 6, 2015 For over a decade, director Brian Lindstrom has directed captivating documentaries that challenge viewers to look at the world around them through new and more empathetic eyes. Chilling, honest, and thought-provoking, Lindstrom’s films introduce viewers to aspects about life that they may not be familiar with. In his 2007 work, […]
Victoria police chief praised for attending screening of custody-death film, Times Colonist – April 25, 2015 It wasn’t just Brian Lindstrom’s Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse that got a thumbs-up at a public screening in Victoria this week. The Portland-based filmmaker gave a rave review of his own to Victoria police […]
The Films of Brian Lindstrom: Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse and Mothering Inside Venue: The Kiggins Theatre, Vancouver, WA View map April 28, 2015 Doors Open: 5:30pm Event Begins: 6:30pm ALIEN BOY: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JAMES CHASSE is a feature-length documentary that chronicles one man’s struggle with schizophrenia and […]
Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse is a feature-length documentary film that chronicles one man’s struggle with schizophrenia and examines the actions of the Portland police officers responsible for his death, exposing a city grappling with accountability in the death of an innocent, unarmed man. “Infuriating, tragic heartbreaking and incendiary in equal […]
From DVD Talk, by Kurt Dahlke The name will mean nothing to most, not even to Portland, Oregon residents with short memory spans. But the message behind the name, behind the man, should mean everything to anyone who lives on this planet, and to anyone who has even the most glancing understanding of how we, […]
By Christine Schofelt, World Socialist Web Site, May 28, 2014 Brian Lindstrom’s 2013 film Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse, available through Amazon and in theatrical release, makes no attempt at an evasive “even-handedness” in presenting the case of 42-year-old James Chasse, a man [diagnosed with schizophrenia] who was cruelly beaten by […]
From KOIN.com, March 23, 2014 Eds. note – the headline in this article is inaccurate, but is posted as written. On March 24 Judge Michael Simon will hear further testimony about whether the trial of Department of Justice v City of Portland should proceed. At some point after that hearing Simon will determine whether a […]
By Kathy Fennessy, The Stranger, March 10, 2014 Alien Boy, winner of the best film award at the 2013 Local Sightings Festival, begins with references to Portland bands like Poison Idea and the Wipers, but it isn’t a music film. It’s a documentary about police brutality and mental illness, since subject James Chasse, also known […]
From the Seattle Times, March 6, 2014 A four-star review of “Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse,” director Brian Lindstrom’s documentary that details one man’s struggles with schizophrenia and his encounter with Portland police officers. “Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse” presents the facts surrounding the tragic death of […]
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