It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Oregon based filmmaker, storyteller and friend Brian Lindstrom who passed away on May 15, 2026. Brian’s films, including “Alien Boy” and “Mothering Inside” brought to light people in our community that were often overlooked, forgotten or outright unseen. As his wife Cheryl writes:
His work as a documentary filmmaker was dedicated to telling stories of people who, as he put it, “society puts an X through.” He erased that X with his camera and his astonishing heart. He made films about incarcerated moms and their kids, about people with mental illness and substance use disorders, about teens living in homeless shelters, foster care, and detention centers, about people who were at the bottom and trying to climb up.
We will miss Brian and his work terribly but remain grateful that we got to know him, his compassion, his empathy and the depths of his heart.
