Trailer for the short doc Grief Stick, a meditation on love and loss. Produced by Alex Behr and directed and edited by Brian Padian

Fall Screenings

Oct 19 Turn! Turn! Turn! with Arch Cape and Mae Starr and Alex Behr — an evening of film, music and poetry

Nov 7 Up Up Books — Conversing with the Dead, Portland Book Fest’s Cover to Cover event with Jason Arias, Allisa Cherry and Alex Behr — an evening of prose, poetry and film

Nov 17 — PSU’s English Department presents a screening of Grief Stick with Alex Behr and Brian Padian, poetry, and intro to writing in natural patterns

“It’s a remarkable film that really draws us in and lets us feel what you felt.” — Gregg Turkington

“Beautiful and cathartic because I can see you honoring Chris through your art but even more the evolution of your own healing.” — Haili Jones

“Incredibly moving.” — Ken Kwapis

“A heavy, beautiful film.” — Lee Ranaldo

“It reminds me that we are always loving into death and dying into love.” — Lidia Yuknavitch

“To be able to channel the grief into something so universal and moving is so rare.” — Mike Moser

“An important film for anyone experiencing profound grief, or about to experience it.” — Phil Milstein

“If Grief Stick won an Oscar it would be street cred for the Motion Picture Academy and Freedom for all who are imprisoned by loss. I love it.” — William Smith