It’s POSSIBILITY.
It’s A celebration of what’s around us.
It’s where Black artistry and innovation collide.
but most importantly: it’S respect and solidarity to any Black human WHO IS in the pursuit of greatness.
FEATURING THE SHORT FILM
Where we goin?
Where We Goin? is an episodic documentary series about Black artistry and entrepreneurship that examines the significance and impact of community. It's an exploration of our cultural history that seeks to name the things that make us unique, as well as the intangibles that have bound us in strength through time. Hosted by filmmaker Devin Boss, this pilot episode explores the life of Portland Trailblazers DJ OG One and his rise from gang adjacent life in Watts, California, to his transition to Portland, OR, and rise to celebrity DJ. We’ll also meet the Creative Homies, owners of Downtown Portland BIPOC creator space The Horizon Enterprise Building. This is a journey through the city of Portland, seen through a fresh new Black lens.
the team
Devin Boss is a filmmaker and owner of North East Productions. Since it's incorporation, his production company has worked with organizations such as Black Parent Initiative, Safeguard Security, North by Northeast, Oregon Black Pioneers, Brown Hope, SEI and more, to tell stories of passion, struggle, perseverance, community and triumph. In the past year, he won a grant from Travel Oregon to produce a film about reintroducing Black men to the great outdoors, and his film Never Look Away, created in collaboration with Zoe Piliafas and Pride NW has been selected and screened in multiple festivals nationwide.
Zoe Piliafas has been designing programs, events, education materials and some of Portland's most historical public art pieces since she arrived 13 years ago. Some of her standout works include the city’s first mural celebrating the LGBTQ community, visioning the mural on Black United Fund’s headquarters and jumpstarting Super: Women in Tech, a storytelling event showcasing women’s innovation in the growing field of technology.
Donovan Scribes (fka Donovan M. Smith) is an award-winning writer, artist and speaker based in Portland. He has written for a number of publications including The Oregonian, Skanner and iHeartRadio where he served as a co-writer on the 10-part top 100 iTunes podcast “Uprising: a Guide from Portland” detailing the history behind the 100+ days of protest in Portland in 2020. His “Gentrification is WEIRD!” platform has been used to steer important dialogue about Black history and futures in Oregon, policing, and reimagining George Park in St Johns. He has served on a number of boards and committees including the Multnomah County Charter Review Committee (2021-2022), charged with revising the county’s local constitution, and as 2nd Vice President of the Portland NAACP (2021-2022) where he led work on housing, police and environmental policies and programs.
