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URL:https://meaningfulmovies.org/events/helpers-screening-2pm-sunday-march
 -22-by-meaningful-movies-pdx-at-first-presbyterian-church-portland/
SUMMARY:HELPERS
DESCRIPTION:\nJoin Meaningful Movies PDX for an in-person screening of Help
 ers\, an award-winning documentary that follows Portland's community respo
 nse to crisis through the lens of the 13 Salmon Shower Project at First Un
 itarian Church\, a volunteer driven program filmmaker Kelly Clendenon co-f
 ounded in 2024 that provides free showers\, clothing\, food\, and a sense 
 of community to their unhoused neighbors in downtown Portland.\n\n\n"Helpe
 rs" examines Portland's intersecting crises of addiction and homelessness 
 through the lens of someone with lived experience. The documentary centers
  voices from the front lines: volunteers\, service providers\, and unhouse
 d neighbors navigating these crises daily. The film won Best Social Docume
 ntary and Best Student Film at the 2025 Oregon Independent Film Festival\,
  screened at the Austin Independent Film Festival\, and has been shown ove
 r twenty times for approximately 1\,000 people across Oregon and beyond.\n
 Post Film Discussion with the Filmmaker!\n\nAbout the Speaker: Filmmaker 
 Kelly Clendenon is the founder and president of Common Lens Films\, a Port
 land based nonprofit documentary production company dedicated to social ju
 stice storytelling. After battling heroin addiction for 15 years and spend
 ing three years on Portland's streets between 2012-2015\, Kelly found last
 ing recovery following a near-fatal fentanyl overdose in 2015. He returned
  to college and graduated summa cum laude from Portland State University w
 ith a degree in History in 2023\, and then earned his Master's in Multimed
 ia Journalism from the University of Oregon in 2025. Now over a decade int
 o recovery\, Kelly serves on Multnomah County's Homelessness Response Acti
 on Plan Advisory Committee and uses documentary filmmaking to give back to
  his downtown community. In December 2025\, Helpers screened for Portland'
 s HRAP policymakers\, including mayor Keith Wilson.\nParking in the church
  garage off SW 12th Ave is free for those attending the event.\n\n&nbsp\;\
 n\n\nThere is no cost to attend\, but donations help us continue offering 
 meaningful films and discussions to the community. Every bit of support tr
 uly matters.
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