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The Oregonian, 5/31/14, excerpt from “Oregon rural police: Sheriffs, district attorneys speak out on their challenges” If you have spent the last 7 1/2 years chained to the floor of a concrete bunker, underground, in Antarctica, while comatose, and worse yet, it caused you to miss the film Alien Boy – see it immediately. Then you’ll […]
The Portland Mercury, April 23, 2014 “WE TACKLED HIM.” The words are indistinct—sort of blurred at the edges, bleeding into one another. They are surrounded by other hazy noises, and followed by the laughter of jail deputies engaging in a bit of collegial bonhomie on a September evening. But less than an hour later, the […]
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 […]
By Brian Miller, Seattle Weekly, March 4, 2014 Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse Runs Fri., March 7–Thurs., March 13 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated. 90 minutes. Seen during last fall’s Local Sightings Film Festival, this Portland documentary was my top pick—and the jury-award winner, hence its return engagement. The 2006 […]
Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival 2013 Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse Reviewed by Andrew Parker, DorkShelf.com, Nov. 10, 2013 An incendiary look into a case of police brutality, Brian Lindstrom’s look at one man [with schizophrenia and his] undignified and completely preventable death might be the heaviest film in this year’s […]
RWM 2013 Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse Alien Boy will be shown at the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, on Friday, Nov. 15, 6:30 PM, at TIFF Bell Lightbox. The showing will be Alien Boy’s Canadian premiere. On September 17, 2006, James Chasse was stopped by three law […]
By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, Oct. 2, 2013 Will Aitchison, the longtime (and now retired) attorney for the Portland Police Association (PPA), was known for many things over the decades he spent defending his client in contract talks, court fights, government hearings, and arbitration cases. He’s sharp-tongued. He’s deft with explanations. He’s disarmingly charming. […]
From the Seattle Weekly, September 24, 2013 UPDATE: Alien Boy won this festival on October 3. Just as the Seahawks draw fans from as far away as Anchorage and Missoula and Boise and even (gasp!) Portland, the Local Sightings Film Festival has become a regional showcase for cinema from the greater Northwest. Now in its […]
By Emily Walker, PDXX Collective, July 12, 2013 Living in Portland you have to know the name James Chasse. You must know that police tackled Chasse, who was [diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia], in front of restaurants in the Pearl District. You must have heard that the three police officers involved alleged that Chasse was urinating […]
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