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This Year’s Filmmakers Showcase Features 113 Films With St. Louis Ties

A documentary short by Joshua Kelley, 14, is among those in the spotlight at this year's Filmmakers Showcase.
Evie Hemphill | St. Louis Public Radio
A documentary short by Joshua Kelley, 14, is among those in the spotlight at this year's Filmmakers Showcase.
Chris Clark is artistic director for Cinema St. Louis.
Credit Evie Hemphill | St. Louis Public Radio
Chris Clark is artistic director for Cinema St. Louis.

A total of 113 films will be in the spotlight during the 19th Annual Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, which gets underway Friday and continues through July 21. Ranging from narrative and experimental shorts to feature-length documentaries, this year’s lineup also includes a documentary short directed by 14-year-old Joshua Kelley.

Kelley, whose film “A Look Ahead: Our Energy Future in 20 Years” considers the future environmental state of St. Louis and the country as a whole, joined Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air for a conversation with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jonathan Ahl. 

Also participating in the discussion was Chris Clark, who is the artistic director of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis. The organization presents the annual festival, which serves as the region’s primary venue for films made by local artists.

Listen to the discussion:

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What: 19th Annual Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase

When: Friday, July 12, through Sunday, July 20, 2019

Where: Brown Hall at Washington University (1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO 63130)

St. Louis on the Air” brings you the stories of St. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region. The show is produced by Alex Heuer, Emily Woodbury, Evie Hemphill, Lara Hamdan and Alexis Moore. The engineer is Aaron Doerr and production assistance is provided by Charlie McDonald.

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Evie Hemphill joined the St. Louis on the Air team in February 2018. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 2005, she started her career as a reporter for the Westminster Window in Colorado. Several years later she went on to pursue graduate work in creative writing at the University of Wyoming and moved to St. Louis upon earning an MFA in the spring of 2010. She worked as writer and editor for Washington University Libraries until 2014 and then spent several more years in public relations for the University of Missouri–St. Louis before making the shift to St. Louis Public Radio.