Montavilla Jazz Raises Visibility for Local Jazz Artists and Filmmakers with Call + Response Movie Theater Premiere!

As part of its inaugural Give!Guide campaign, Montavilla Jazz partners with the iconic Hollywood Theatre to host a high-profile screening of three short films, commissioned and created during the pandemic through its groundbreaking Call + Response series.

This celebratory event showcases the collaborative work of six highly talented, Portland-based jazz composers and filmmakers, and includes a cast party (invite-only) and moderated artist panel with audience Q&A.

This past summer during its eighth annual festival, Montavilla Jazz debuted Call + Response, its new music-meets-film series, wowing audiences with outdoor projections (by Mobile Projection Unit) presented in collaboration with Portland Art Museum and Open Signal. Now that Portland’s movie theaters are reopening, jazz and film fans will finally have the opportunity to experience these three short art-music-films in all their glory in Portland’s historic Hollywood Theatre.

“The results are quirky and personal, ranging from a Sasquatch-hunting tale to a surreal Muppet-oriented horror story to a celebration of traditional dance styles in a Central Oregon desert... a funky, unique creation, exactly the sort of thing to expect from the always forward-thinking festival.” — Jazz Scene Magazine

WHAT: Montavilla Jazz Presents Call + Response theater premiere with moderated artist panel and audience Q&A; film shorts:

- Beast of Torpor with music by Micah Hummel + film by Jeff Oliver
- A Day in Color with music by Noah Simpson + film by Shilpa Sunthankar
- Last Signs of June with music by Idit Shner + film by Deejuliano Scott

December 8, 2021, 6:30PM
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97212

$15, Proof of vaccination required.

Purchase tickets here: https://hollywoodtheatre.org/tickets/16360/

ABOUT Call + Response: A unique collaboration between Portland’s jazz and filmmaker communities to facilitate short works of art-music-film, Call + Response is a visibility-raising project created by Montavilla Jazz to foster unique, cross-genre creative processes and build audiences. In its debut season, musicians Micah Hummel, Noah Simpson, and Idit Shner, each composed, performed, and recorded seven to ten minutes of original music. Filmmakers Jeff Oliver, Shilpa Sunthankar, and Deejuliano Scott responded with visual "scores,” created through access to production facilities and the Independent Filmmaker Kit provided by project partner Open Signal. Learn more about Call + Response, and this diverse, highly talented group of artists at montavillajazz.org/call-response/.