31 Mar 2021
The Fight for the Soul of Portland
As Rose City grapples with continued vandalism and homelessness, businesses are hurting and boarded up amid a global pandemic. What can be done to bring Portland back?
The Day Called X
Portentously portrays the evacuation of Portland, Oregon, when threatened by a nuclear attack on its state-of-the-art civil defense system.
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Glenn Ford Narrator
Terry Schrunk Himself (Mayor of Portland)
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