By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly “This Is Not a Film,” a documentary by co-directors Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, opens with a man seated at his breakfast table, preparing to eat. He takes a phone call, puts it on speaker phone, and seems to tense up in his shoulders, bending slightly to avoid looking […]
EDITORIAL: More supervision for the ID, and greater hope for our alleys
The image of drug addicts in our neighborhood is one that the International District can’t seem to shake off. While some might jokingly say that the drug use and panhandling in our neighborhood “add character,” the reality is that the perception of the International District as an unsafe area discourages tourism in the ID. It […]