Tom McCall Preview Screening
Please join us for a preview screening of
the hour-long documentary special
Tom McCall
C: Oregon Historical Society
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Bagdad Theater
3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214
6:30 pm – doors open at 5:30 pm
Oregon Public Broadcasting and the Oregon Historical Society present a free preview screening of the latest Oregon Experience special Tom McCall.
Nearly forty years after he left office and thirty years after his death, Oregon Governor Tom McCall remains one of the state’s most renowned political figures. He envisioned a quality of environment and life unique to Oregon and he worked relentlessly to protect those values. McCall’s bold achievements set a new standard for the rest of the nation. The Beach Bill and the Bottle Bill, the SB100 land-use law, the Willamette River cleanup and the reinvention of Portland’s waterfront — all of these emerged from the McCall years. This new one-hour episode of Oregon Experience: Tom McCall explores the man who helped shape the “Oregon” that we know today. The program was written and produced by Eric Cain and edited by Lisa Suinn Kallem.
Airs on OPB-TV Tuesday, March 19 at 8pm.
March 21st, 2013 at 7:20 am
Excellent retrospective. I was six when McCall was first elected governor so I’m most aware of McCall’s myth. Over time McCall’s stature has grown. Therfore it’s beneficial to learn of McCall’s setbacks and mistakes, and how he persevered with leadership and vision that shapes Oregon to this day. Equally fascinating is how the political climate has regressed. When McCall was governor indepent thinking and the ability to work together to create solutions was prized above the partisan gridlock we suffer today. Charismatic and effective leaders are few and far between.