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DOC SHORTS: INDIVIDUALS - St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase

DOC SHORTS: INDIVIDUALS
(89 min.)

Busking on the Wagon
Randy Shinn, 5 min.
Solo percussionist Drew Gowran fights his demons by performing on the streets of St. Louis.

Crowning Change: The Erin OFlaherty Story
Alexis Kadey, 17 min.
The film traces Erin OFlahertys triumphant journey after receiving backlash for being the first openly gay Miss America contestant.

The Joy of Doing
Ryan Fitzgerald & Jack Mulopulos, 4 min.
This portrait of 80-year-old Joy Stinger captures her bohemian spirit as she speaks of her interests, from collecting to beekeeping.

Lingua Francas
Bret Hoy, 13 min.
Daniel Ernce, who once worked in a Michelin-starred restaurant in Copenhagen, Denmark, and now runs a ticketed pop-up restaurant in Springfield, Mo., describes the challenge of communicating his vision for the region.

The Man Behind the Merferds
Josh Herum, 35 min.
Phil Berwick, a street artist in St. Louis, uses his paintings of Merferd a bearded character he has been drawing for four decades to carry a message of peace, hope, and love to some of the darkest areas of the city.

The Melting Pot: Unsung Heroes of the American Dream
Sandi Leicht, 12 min.
Four Americans of different ethnic backgrounds share their personal journeys.

Trad
Kath Vandenberg, 3 min.
A portrait of Annie and the Fur Trappers, a jazz, blues, and Dixieland band thats part of the trad-jazz renaissance in St. Louis.