A minimalist exploration of society as it heads toward an uncertain future.

Descend

A young filmmaker interviews different generations of her family about their experiences while living in quarantine.

Quarantine Through the Ages

Tommy Gelinas has made it his mission to document and preserve the history and pop culture of the San Fernando Valley in Southern California.

Valley Relics

An oblique look at society’s harmful effects on the environment.

Dirty Look

A tenant struggles to convey the seriousness of a problem to management with humorous and horrific consequences.

The Tenant's Lament

New Orleans street preacher Keith Sam shares the Gospel amid the chaos and debauchery of Mardi Gras.

Bible Man

Darren Seals and the volunteers at the Sankofa Unity Center feel a duty to stop violence in their community by addressing one conflict at a time.

Sankofa: Back to the Beginning

A true-crime story about a 70-year-old grandmother from rural Missouri serving a life sentence for a murder she says her rapist committed.

33 and Counting

Q&amp;A with “33 and Counting” director Aisha Sultan

33 and Counting Q&A

Q&amp;A with “Bible Man” director Randy Shinn

Bible Man Q&A

Q&amp;A with “Descend” and “Dirty Look” director Zlatko Côsic

Descend/Dirty Look Q&A

Q&amp;A with “Sankofa” director Ben Scholle and producer Derrick Phillips

Sankofa Q&A

Q&amp;A with “Valley Relics” director Ashley Seering

Valley Relics Q&A

Doc Shorts 2: Lending a Voice

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The Showcase offers a series of four master classes focused on key aspects of Making and Distributing an Independent Narrative Feature. If you can't participate in the live streams, recordings of the presentations will also be archived and available on Cinema St. Louis’ YouTube channel. The Showcase concludes with a July 19 live stream of the Awards Presentation, in which CSL presents the juried awards, including a cash prize of $500 for the Best Showcase Film, and announces the Showcase films that will screen at the Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival in November.