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St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase Sampler: Documentary Shorts

84 minutes 7 Films

A selection of standout documentaries, some experimental in form, from the 2021 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase.
In this program
Babes in the Woods

Babes in the Woods

Directed by
Leanna Kaiser
U.S.
2019
34 minutes
English
Filmed over the course of four years in 16mm, the film offers a portrait of a young woman and her two sons living on an agricultural commune founded in the early 1970s in rural Missouri.
Every Single One

every.single.one (karuna)

Directed by
Cherie Sampson
U.S.
2019
6 minutes
English
The first 72 hours after a breast-cancer diagnosis is depicted through a montage of sound juxtaposed with close-ups of gestural expression and contrasting images of the natural world.