Shot by PSU students using PSU film equipment, The Seventh Day is a half hour documentary of the conflict which took place between PSU student demonstrators and Portland police in the spring of 1970.
Tjerk Dusseldorp directed and produced. Sue Ellen White did sound. Both were students of Tom Taylor, who taught in PSU’s Center for the Moving Image. Andries Deinum brought Tom Taylor up from California to teach at the Center, a position he held from 1965 to 1981.
A recent Northwest Film & Video Festival described the film:
THE SEVENTH DAY (1970)—A behind-the-scenes look at student protests at Portland State against the killings at Kent State and the U.S. bombing of Cambodia. (29 mins.)
Sue Ellen White, one of the filmmakers, provided this update on the film: ( see comments below)
In May 2011, David Osborn of PSU featured the film, filmmakers and students at the time at PSU’s Open Engagement Conference. He has put the entire film, as well as interviews from filmmakers and students online.http://davidosborn.org/art/
Thank you, Sue Ellen!
I hereby claim The Seventh Day as an Oregon film, based on multiple qualifying criteria.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Sue Ellen White // Feb 21, 2011 at 1:25 pm
This film was not made by Tom Taylor. It was made by students at PSU and was actually made during the response to the strikes and was edited very rapidly after.
The film won a national student film competition award, remarkable for such a quick project.
Tjerk Dusseldorp was the director and producer of the film; I did the sound and other students filled other roles. Please check the credits and correct the website.
Thank you,
Sue Ellen White
2 Anne Richardson // Feb 21, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Thank you, Sue Ellen. I saw this film as part of a Tom Taylor tribute after he died. I don’t have a copy, and it was my error to attribute to him work don by his students.
Is this film available for people to see? Do you know?
3 Sue Ellen White // May 22, 2011 at 11:35 pm
With a grant obtained last year by PSU archivist, Christine Passchild, The Seventh Day was restored in 2010.
In May 2011, David Osborn of PSU featured the film, filmmkers and students at the time at PSU’s Open Engagement Conference. He has put the entire film, as well as interviews from filmmakers and students online. http://davidosborn.org/art/
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