African American
SLIFF is proud to kick off its 2020 edition with a special event featuring…
“Aggie” explores the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist…
For four years in the 1860s, half of the United States was held hostage by an unrecognized white-…
This ambitious documentary by St. Louis-based filmmaker Matthew Rice analyzes how an ex-slave became one…
SLIFF is pleased to present a work-in-progress screening of a documentary on the Black Artists' Group (BAG…
In the five-part documentary series “City So Real,” Oscar-nominated documentarian Steve James (“America to…
A trio of films that examine different aspects of the prison system in the U.S.
A sampler of films from students in the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism at the…
Nonfiction standouts from the 2020 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase and new works by artists with ties to the…
Winner of the first-ever Library of Congress/Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, “Flannery” is a lyrical,…
Sabrina Bouarour's “Lights of Baltimore” tells the story of the war of images surrounding Baltimore in the…
“MLK/FBI,” the first film to uncover the extent of the FBI’s surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin…
An eclectic mix of crowd-pleasing shorts that includes animation, dark comedy, and horror.
Janet "Lovey" Herrmann, who programmed the first SLIFF shorts program and continues to help evaluate…
These dramatic shorts transport you to a specific moment in time.
In “The Oratorio,” filmmaker Martin Scorsese helps tell the story of an 1826 performance that forever…
Although a portrait of the troubled Rust Belt city of Youngstown, Ohio, “The Place That Makes Us” offers a…
“The Reunited States” — both heartwarming and heartening — provides a much-needed balm in a time of…
The charming “Revival” documents a program by a New York City nonprofit — the interestingly named Dances…
For nearly three decades, Edward “Nardie” White has led an after-school community drum corps (River City…
Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition Winner. “The Road Up” follows four…
On the Georgia barrier island of Sapelo — accessible only by boat — preteen brothers JerMarkest and…
After accidentally shooting an innocent Black man through a wall in Brooklyn, young Chinese-American cop…
As the country was embroiled in a divisive election and racial tensions flared, civil-rights activist and…
Essy Award for Best Narrative Feature. “Test Pattern,” the gripping and powerful first…
“Unapologetic” vividly captures a community of millennial organizers confronting an administration…
“Women in Blue” offers an unprecedented window on the inner workings of the Minneapolis Police Department…
