After a rookie cop is killed in a drug bust gone wrong, his veteran partner (Chris Halverson) is put on…
Policing/Criminal Justice
Chicago gun violence has made national headlines for decades. While the city responds with aggressive…
“And So I Stayed” offers a moving profile of three domestic-violence survivors who served steep prison…
A stellar documentary from SLIFF alum Margaret Byrne (“Raising Bertie”), “Any Given Day” follows a trio of…
Some 50 years before BLM and March for Our Lives — before computers, cell phones, and Facebook — priests…
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…
“Missing in Brooks County” provides a clear-eyed, heartbreaking look at the deadly cost of the U.S.’s…
Journalist David Dufresne’s first documentary is a devastatingly timely investigation of the place of…
A hybrid of animation and live action, “A Once and Future Peace” provides an engrossing exploration of…
“Since I Been Down” follows a group of prisoners as they break free from their fate and create a model of…
Cinema St. Louis continues its year-long Golden Anniversaries series during SLIFF by featuring a half-…
“When Claude Got Shot” follows the multi-year struggles of Claude Motley, a non-traditional-age Black law…