The Wake of Vanport (2016)

"The Wake of Vanport" is so named to honor the death of a city and the viewing of its history through the collection of Vanport stories told by the voices of those who lived there. It is also a celebration of life after loss. Vanport was destroyed by a flood on Memorial Day in 1948. Vanport is a lost city of Oregon with a rich history for all Oregonians. The Vanport Multimedia Project is dedicated to collecting and preserving Vanport survivors' stories. Community members, local historians, artists, media makers and educators collaborated to turn oral history interviews into short and powerful pieces of digital audio and visual narrative.