2021 Festival

The 2021 Cascade Festival of African Films will be held virtually from February 5 to March 10, 2021. The festival will remain free and open to the public, but films will be shown online. Check back here soon for more details and the list of films!

Committee Members

Festival Director

Tracy Francis

Associate Festival Director

Ronna Neuenschwander

Volunteers

  • Wiley G. Barnett
  • Nabil Boudraa
  • Rebecca Bratter
  • Tracey Brown
  • C. Louis Butts, Jr
  • Haoua Cheick Seip
  • Kiki Dembrow
  • Michael Dembrow
  • Tatyana Dembrow
  • Baba Wagué Diakité
  • Debbie Fisher
  • Amadou Fofana
  • Kelly Fraser
  • Tedla Gessesse
  • Gloria Halper
  • Mark Holman
  • Bob Holmström
  • Mary Holmström
  • Mike Johnson
  • Patricia Johnson
  • Aaron McKee
  • Jay Moskovitz
  • Nana Nash
  • Ruth Nemarundwe
  • Salina Norton
  • PC Peri
  • Megan Phillips
  • David Rutiezer
  • Anatole Schaff
  • Daadir Shee
  • Joseph Smith-Buani
  • Candilyn Ushery
  • Carrie Walker
  • Ghermay Woldeab

Poster Design

  • A.J. Reid, currently a student in the Graphic Design Program at PCC Sylvania Campus.
  • Poster image courtesy of artist/filmmaker Penda Diakite, pendadiakite.com.

Website Design

  • Ali Gray, Luis Menchu, and Gabriel Nagmay of PCC
  • Anatole Schaff of Workday

3-D Festival Animation

Felipe Mirez, fmirez.com.

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge the continuing support of Portland Community College, and especially would like to thank the following:

  • PCC College President Mark Mitsui
  • Cascade Campus President Karin Edwards
  • The PCC Board of Directors:
    • Mohamed Alyajouri
    • Alexander Diaz Rios
    • Denise Frisbee
    • Jim Harper
    • Tiffani Penson
    • Dan Saltzman
    • Michael Sonnleitner
    • Student Trustee Hanna Alzgal
  • PCC Organizations:
    • Cascade Associated Students of PCC
    • Cascade Cultural Affairs Fund
    • Cascade Information Staff
    • Cascade Multicultural Awareness Council
    • Cascade Public Safety
    • PCC Foundation
    • PCC Library
    • PCC Print Center
  • PCC Staff Members:
    • Matt Chase
    • Michele Cruse
    • Heidi Dombek
    • Kendi Esary
    • Cody Field
    • Traci Fordham
    • Lisa George
    • Tony Greiner
    • Ashley Hansen
    • Amanda Harrison
    • Nancy Hartman
    • Shally Hartman
    • James G. Hill
    • Em Jones
    • Christina Kline
    • Keri McCarty
    • Aaron McKee
    • Ken Nelson
    • Ann Prater
    • Abe Proctor
    • Donna Reed
    • Mark Roberts
    • Tammy Sanders
    • Nathan Savage
    • Kurt Simonds
    • Daniel Soucy
    • Luat Tran
    • Elia Unverzagt
    • Maria Wagner
    • Ted Walker
    • Nancy Wessel
    • Jonathan Whitmore
    • Randy Zeller

We are also grateful for the generous support of our sponsors.