Northwest Film Forum

As an artist, how do you protect your art from the elements? Get the general public to appreciate your unique perspective? Oh–and make enough sales to cover this month’s rent? Join us for an exploration of what it means to continue making art in a world that’s increasingly more hostile to it.

Paul Johnson was raised at Burnside Skatepark in the lawless heyday of the early-90’s. As a lifetime skater who is both Black and deaf, Paul has had to navigate a world that is predominantly hearing and predominately white.

Local Sightings Film Festival is Seattle’s only festival dedicated to Pacific Northwest films and filmmakers, from WA, OR, AK, ID, MT, BC, and the Yukon.