Immigrant teens from Portland share stories through film

Fifteen teens from seven countries have made short videos telling their stories of living here.    - - Donna Poisl

By Tom Bell, Staff Writer

PORTLAND -- The inner lives of teenagers can be hard to penetrate. With the added barriers of language and cultural differences, teenage immigrants can appear to be living in a world that is shut tight to everyone around them.

The Telling Room, a nonprofit writing center, has found a way to help 15 immigrant teenagers from Portland open that world to the larger community.

The Space Gallery on Thursday night will premier 15 short videos the teens produced with the help of local filmmaker David Meiklejohn and artist-in-residence Sonya Tomlinson, as part of the Telling Room's Young Writers and Leaders Program.
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