On this month's show, host Jenn Chavez speaks with Dan Handelman and PC Peri, two of the founding members of the Flying Focus Video Collective. They're celebrating the 20th anniversary of their cable access show on activism and public policy with rebroadcasts of yearly retrospectives and an event at the Red and Black Cafe on November 17th. Also, we'll feature a piece on the ongoing monthly screening series Organ Grinders, brought to you by Filmusik at the Hollywood Theatre.  This month, Jenn talked to Filmusik's Galen Huckins and members of the ensemble Jazz West Multiverse about their live scoring of Josef von Sternberg's 1927 gangster noir classic Underworld.

The Northwest Film Center, in collaboration with Teatro Milagro (Miracle Theater Group) has produced a series of short documentaries about significant objects in the lives of local residents.  Filmmakers Maya Muñoz-Tobon and Ivonne Saed, along with musician and editor Geraldo Calderon and School of Film faculty member Sue Arbuthnot join host S.W. Conser to expand on the concepts of remembrance, displacement, iconography, collection, and value.

On this month's edition of Behind the Screen, Jenn Chavez talks with Oregon documentarian Peter Richardson about his new feature How To Die in Oregon, which premieres tonight on HBO after winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.  Meanwhile, S.W. Conser asks Malory Graham about the controversy between Seattle's Reel Grrls foundation and Comcast; Bev Standish previews this summer's Cinema Arts Camp in Portland; and Dennis Nyback and Craig Adams celebrate the centennial of voice artist Mel Blanc with a series of screenings and presentations throughout May and June.

Doug Whyte, Film Action Oregon's new executive director, shares his visions for community-based programming at Portland's Hollywood Theatre.  Doug is joined by Dan Halsted, curator of the Grindhouse Film Festival and PIFF After Dark, who's been named head programmer of Film Action Oregon. Dan tells the story of uncovering a treasure trove of classic kung-fu movies in an abandoned cinema.  Plus, we pay a visit to Animate It!, a local filmmaking workshop for children.

Photo:  Strange Powers by Rachel Stone.