Over coffee, Jared Leaf’s conversation with Lakayana turns toward the city around them. At KISS Coffee, the story asks what it means to live, gather and build community as a Black person in Portland.
The café offers a setting for a conversation that reaches beyond what is on the menu. The film connects Jared’s personal questions about belonging to the civic realities of the place he calls home.
The photographs below follow that exchange alongside the everyday work of the café. A cup of coffee becomes a reason to sit down, listen and stay in the conversation.
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3016 NE Ainsworth St, Portland, OR