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Middle Grounds

Kevin Smokler & Christopher Boone
United States, 2026, 27 min.

In English.
Includes violence.

A documentary short about Bison Coffeehouse, a Northeast Portland hub for coffee, community, and conversation — things that unite us when so much divides us.

Director's Statement

The story of Bison Coffeehouse is the story of how often coffee shops become the places where we play out the struggle between our political and social differences. MIDDLE GROUNDS is this story, one small business in America at a time in our country when who we are, what we believe and with whom we associate remains a difficult question we can either settle with difficult conversations or with simpleminded violence.

Category: Short, Documentary.

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