We’re thrilled to announce that we have recently received a $6,800 grant from the Missouri Humanities Council (MHC) for our Filmmaker Education Ambassadors program. The MHC is the only state-wide agency in Missouri devoted exclusively to humanities education for citizens of all ages. It has served as a state affiliate of the National Endowment for … Continued
One year ago, True/False’s hometown suddenly became the focus of the entire nation’s attention. Its major institution, the University of Missouri, was rocked by historic protests by the student group Concerned Student 1950. Last year also saw the launch of the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism, an exciting new program overseen by Stacey Woelfel … Continued
Bill and Turner Ross, two brothers from Ohio who now call New Orleans home, drove five states north to join T/F for one hot summer afternoon. The Ross brothers’ third feature film, Contemporary Color, was featured at T/F’s annual Boone Dawdle, a bike ride and blufftop screening along the Missouri River. Contemporary Color finds creative ways … Continued
You’ve seen the pictures. The numerous bike helmets, bright smiles, the big tree, the color guard…but this year, we captured the T/F Boone Dawdle another way. If you’ve never been, this offers a glimpse into the day’s events: the fun, the energy, and community. If you were there, this should help you reclaim a bit of that 2016 Dawdle … Continued
If you missed seeing SHERPA at the 2016 festival, it is fittingly now widely available. Naturally, we strongly recommend watching it on the biggest screen you can find. I mean, we recommend that for most films, but this *IS* Everest after all – it deserves some breathing room. Missing our post-film director Q&As is another … Continued
We could not be happier to report that in 2016 we have raised the most ever for the True Life Fund! Together we have collected $42,500* for TLF recipient Sonita Alizadeh. Alizadeh, the teenage subject of the film Sonita, is an Afghani refugee living in the US who is both a rapper and an advocate against child … Continued
We are done. Obliterated. Barely functional. Our mind is like an underground trash fire that will burn for five-thousand years, but in a good way. We feel like we are watching ourselves when we witness a team collapse the enormous white orbs which had been floating above the Missouri Theatre balcony. They deflated the enormous … Continued
Where do we start the story of our day? Where should we stop? How about we start with a momentous, seemingly impossible marvel? Bad film-school movies start with a character waking up to an alarm clock going off. We’ll begin the day’s fest digest here: the moment we became conscious that we had a body, … Continued
Have you been into that bathroom yet?” asks busker Dan Fister, “It is cold, and clean, like a Pacific schooner.” And we wonder what films he has seen today that would make him talk that way. We are in the @CTION party. It is lavishly decorated, perhaps like a Pacific schooner, and the music is … Continued
In keeping with this year’s theme, a quote from Those Who Jump: “The moment I touch the fence, I feel free.” The first film of the fest kicked off at The Vimeo Theater at The Blue Note following an introduction by fest co-conspirator Paul Sturtz. He tantalized us by saying, “It is miraculous. We may … Continued
