About
Peripheral Vision PDX is a 501(c)3 nonprofit film production company and training organization dedicated to celebrating the vision, narratives and leadership of marginalized people.
Partner with us today in:
Producing documentaries highlighting untold stories about the experiences and work of diverse people.
Subsidizing media for under-resourced organizations.
The mentorship of young filmmakers of color.
The consultation and training of organizations to empower the voices and communicate the true agency and potential of those they serve.
Peripheral Vision PDX INC. 501(c) 3 EIN 83-2754524
Our Board of Directors
Board member: Ime N. Etuk is a versatile director and producer who has worked in various stages of film and television production. In 2018 he founded the non-profit Lion Speaks to educate, expose, and empower under-served racial groups in the media industry, through educational opportunities in media literacy, mentoring, training, and job placement.
Interim Board Chair: Alex Choi is the Interim Lead Pastor of Imago Dei Community and has been in ministry since 1997. He holds an M.Div, ThM, from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and was previously the lead pastor at Sovereign Grace Church in downtown Los Angeles, California. His goal is to be an effective leader that witnesses true transformation and strategically equips people for a purposeful life.
Vice Chair: Eric Knox is Founder & Executive Director of HOLLA, a campus-based, culturally responsive, grassroots mentoring movement in Portland, Oregon. Eric grew up in Inglewood, CA and moved to Oregon on a basketball scholarship to Oregon State University. After college he put down roots in Portland, founding an organization called Urban Progress. He started PVPDX founder Sebastian Rogers on his journey from “Christian social justice activist” to “racial equity filmmaker” when he commissioned Rogers to make the 2013 documentary HOLLA: Challenging the Narrative for Kids of Color in America’s Whitest City
Board Secretary: Andy Reed is a Project Manager of Economic Development for Prosper Portland, brokering partnerships and creating workforce and small business development programming. He holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution from Portland State University and is passionate about assisting companies, public sector and non profits to have greater social and financial impact through corporate social responsibly and impact investing efforts.
Financial Secretary: Matt Tamura is a entrepreneur, and passionate supporter of PVPDX as well many other creative, philanthropic and business endeavors. He met Sebastian while leading 3 o’Clock People, a homeless ministry of Imago Dei Community. If you have ever enjoyed a PVPDX event, it is Matt and his wife Lisa’s gift for hospitality you have enjoyed.
Board Member: Marcy Bradley currently serves as Vice President of Equity and Culture - Portland Metro for Oregon Community Foundation. She has been a nonprofit leader committed to improving educational outcomes for Oregon’s most vulnerable children for more than 25 years. Marcy considers it a privilege to have led the development and implementation of interventions for early childhood school readiness, K-12 education success, college access, career pathways, workforce readiness programs, parent involvement, anti-poverty and family stabilization services over the course of her career. She holds a Master’s degree in education from Boston University.
Bio of Founder/Executive Director Sebastian Rogers
Sebastian Rogers was born in Norfolk, England to an immigrant mother from India and an English father. Raised in a cross-cultural home in the small rural market town of Diss, he left home to pursue a career in music at age 16 - ending up in Los Angeles by the time he was 23. After work as a producer and songwriter with platinum-selling artists, and contracts as a performing artist with London Records, Dreamworks and Interscope, Rogers was drawn to Portland, Oregon by the homespun music scene and his disillusionment with the music industry. A spiritual transformation ultimately led him into full-time Christian ministry, where his experience with media proved invaluable. Rogers developed his film making skills while Director of Communications at Imago Dei Community, before shifting his focus entirely to running the non-profit media company Peripheral Vision PDX, which he founded to provide films and media training to under-served communities, organizations and ministries.