Chicago gun violence has made national headlines for decades. While the city responds with aggressive…
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“A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks” explores the power of images in advancing racial, economic…
“Citizen Ashe” is the story of sports legend and social activist Arthur Ashe. Known to most by his stellar…
Daphne Wilco, actor and self-empowered social-justice warrior, wreaks havoc on a production of Euripides…
How does a father find purpose in pain? In 2014, Michael Brown Sr.’s son was killed by White police…
“The First Step” — directed by SLIFF alum Brandon Kramer (“City of Trees”) — explores the divisions within…
Co-directed by SLIFF Lifetime Achievement Award winner Gordon Quinn, “For the Left Hand” profiles Norman…
Running in the 2020 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat held by Mitch McConnell, Charles Booker…
“Gossamer Folds,” which beautifully demonstrates that hatred is a learned experience and that we can…
“King Richard,” which stars two-time Oscar…
Kinloch is a town on life support, with fewer than 200 citizens still residing in the area, a budget…
Smart, funny, and thoughtful about issues of race in America, “The Neutral Ground” follows comedian and “…
“One Pint at a Time” — a feature expansion of the short “A Fresh Perspective,” which screened at last year…
“Since I Been Down” follows a group of prisoners as they break free from their fate and create a model of…
Former New Filmmakers Forum winner Van Maximilian Carlson (2019’s “Princess of the Row”) returns to SLIFF…
Cinema St. Louis continues its year-long Golden Anniversaries series during SLIFF by featuring a half-…
“Target: St. Louis Vol. 1” serves as a valuable history lesson with sadly continuing relevance. The film…
In “Twenty Pearls” — deftly narrated by Phylicia Rashad — two-time SLIFF alum Deborah Riley Draper (“…
Based on true events surrounding the Negro Theatre Unit’s revolutionary 1936 production of “Macbeth,” “…
“When Claude Got Shot” follows the multi-year struggles of Claude Motley, a non-traditional-age Black law…
Directed by Sarah and Emily Kunstler — who previously helmed the well-received “William Kunstler:…