When Portland fixture Videoport announced last month that they would be closing after 28 years, many saw a silver lining: the store planned to donate more than 18,000 DVD titles to Portland Public Library. (See their blog post.)
Videoport’s Criterion titles are now available at PPL. Find them across from Lending at the Main Library.
We join the community both in lamenting the loss of Videoport and celebrating their generosity to PPL.
We are tremendously honored that owner Bill Duggan believed PPL was the perfect home for the collection, and this gift adds a tremendous depth to the Library’s film holdings. Bill described his customers to us as “folks who live and work on Portland’s peninsula, islands, and neighborhoods. They are active participants in the life of the city.” This is exactly who we serve here at PPL, as well. We are thrilled to report that the first portion of the Videoport collection is now available on the shelves at the Main Library.
We encourage you to browse the collection and enjoy the rich offerings, which will continue to grow as more and more titles are incorporated into our holdings.
We also encourage you to check out our other film-related resources:
– Enjoy Hoopla digital streaming (available to all PPL cardholders)
– Join us to watch one of the acclaimed POV documentary films
– Ask us for our video picks (we also plan to create lists of suggestions based on the Videoport collection — underrated gems, foreign classics, or just-plain-strange films)
We look forward to enjoying this collection with you. It’s a wonderful gift to all of us!
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