2025 SHOW ME TRUE/FALSE FILM
This year’s selection, How to Build a Library, follows a pair of women who attempt to reckon with their nation’s past through the reclamation of a cultural institution. In taking over the management of the McMillan Memorial Library in Nairobi, they come face to face with the persistent legacy of colonialism in Kenya and work to create a new vision of a communal space for learning, debate, and community. The film reflects on the role of art in community, the necessity of reckoning with history, and the power in coming together to fight for change. Following the Saturday screening of the film, there will be an extended Q&A with the filmmakers, .
In an effort to remove barriers to entry and shift our collective pendulum closer to equity, inclusion, and unity, all tickets for the Show Me T/F screening on Saturday, March 1 are offered at a discounted rate of $6 and can be purchased at the Box Office, online, or via the Q.
In the same spirit as the collaborative year-round Show Me series at Ragtag Cinema, Show Me True/False creates space at the Fest for post-film community conversations that transport audiences beyond content to interrogate form and intention, evolving our film-centric space into one that embraces our communities. This year’s selection, How to Build a Library, offers robust conversation about the role of art in community, the necessity of reckoning with history, and the power in coming together to fight for change.
Individual tickets to this screening will go on sale Monday, February 17 at 10AM CST.
Show Me True/False began in 2021, created as a way to honor our Community Partners, and offer community members who have not joined us in the past the opportunity to get acquainted with the Fest. The program’s title is a nod to both our long-established proclivity as Missourians to approach new things with a hint of skepticism (until we see it for ourselves, of course), as well as a challenge to show our community all the possibilities shared experiences with film can hold.
The annual Show Me True/False screening carves out a community-centric space at the Fest around a film that reflects the collective hurdles and hopes of our locale. Recognizing that True/False would not be what it is without the community that hosts it, it is designed to celebrate our Community Partners and offers all Columbia residents an opportunity to experience the joys of the Fest.
Show Me T/F is part of the year-round Show Me Series—a key part of Ragtag Film Society’s audience-development and community-engagement initiatives. Post-film community conversations transport audiences beyond content to interrogate form and intention, weaving historical contexts with the present.
