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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
[From Working Class Acupcunture] There’s a documentary about us! It’s a 35 minute documentary made by award-winning Portland filmmaker Brian Lindstrom (Kicking, Finding Normal, Alien Boy). A picture is always worth a thousand words. We helped produce and fund this film because we are all about redefining acupuncture in everyone’s minds: reframing what it is, […]
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 […]
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